What is this pure knowledge attained by thought once it is freed of the senses? Socrates explains that when the soul is freed to look by itself, it perceives true reality composed of “the pure, the eternal, the immortal, the unchanging.” The soul can then “cease its wanderings,” and, through its contact with eternal truth, it too becomes eternal. This, he avers, is the soul's true nature, a condition called wisdom.
Interesting. To achieve eternity
