Runningirl21, welcome to the forum.
Interesting about Plato’s writings being the source of the idea of an immortal soul.
Plato's Phaedo (pron.: /ˈfiːdoʊ/ or /ˈfaɪdoʊ/; Greek: Φαίδων, Phaidon) is one of the great dialogues of his middle period, along with the Republic and the Symposium. The Phaedo, which depicts the death of Socrates, is also Plato's seventh and last dialogue to detail the philosopher's final days, following Theaetetus, Euthyphro, Sophist, Statesman, Apology, and Crito.
In the dialogue, Socrates discusses the nature of the afterlife on his last day before being executed by drinking hemlock. Socrates has been imprisoned and sentenced to death by an Athenian jury for not believing in the gods of the state and for corrupting the youth of the city. The dialogue is told from the perspective of one of Socrates' students, Phaedo of Elis. Having been present at Socrates' death bed, Phaedo relates the dialogue from that day to Echecrates, a Pythagorean philosopher. By engaging in dialectic with a group of Socrates' friends, including the Thebans Cebes and Simmias, Socrates explores various arguments for the soul's immortality in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. Phaedo tells the story that following the discussion, he and the others were there to witness the death of Socrates.
One of the main themes in the Phaedo is the idea that the soul is immortal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhaedoI think Yahowsha warned us about Plato and human philosophy in general, I have presented this before. Even though Yahowsha spoke Hebrew / Aramaic, Yahowah would have known that his words would be translated into Greek and that is all that we have. So here goes:
It appears to me that Matthew 7:13 is a pun, a play on words, or has more meaning than there are a lot of paths that aren't the right one. Pardon the KJV.
Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wideG4116 is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
The word (wide) G4116 is πλατύς
platus, which is the word that “Plato” got his nickname from.
Plato = πλατων = broad; from the word platus meaning broad or wide.
G4116
πλατύς
platus
plat-oos'
From G4111; spread out “flat” (“plot”), that is, broad: - wide.
G4115
πλατύνω
platunō
plat-oo'-no
From G4116; to widen (literally or figuratively): - make broad, enlarge.
G4114
πλάτος
platos
plat'-os
From G4116; width: - breadth.
Where Plato got his name:
According to Diogenes Laërtius, the philosopher was named Aristocles after his grandfather, but his wrestling coach, Ariston of Argos, dubbed him "Platon", meaning "broad," on account of his robust figure.[18] According to the sources mentioned by Diogenes (all dating from the Alexandrian period), Plato derived his name from the breadth (platytês) of his eloquence, or else because he was very wide (platýs) across the forehead.[19] In the 21st century some scholars disputed Diogenes, and argued that the legend about his name being Aristocles originated in the Hellenistic age.[c]
Yada’s translation is below:
The narrow gate is Passover. Our path home begins here: “For then this is
the Torah and the Prophets: begin by entering through the narrow, exacting,
and specific doorway…”
“…because (hoti) the gate (pyle – doorway, portal, and entrance) is wide
(platys – crafted and molded to be broad, expansive, open, and unreliable) and
the path (hodos – road, way of life, journey, and route) is broad (eurychoros –
wide open, ample, spacious, existing as a roomy realm) which leads away (apago
– which deceives and influences someone to go astray) to the point of (eis –
toward) destruction and perishing (apoleia – wastefully and needlessly
destroying, squandering, eliminating from existence, and annihilating something
valuable), and most (pleistos – a very great number, the vast preponderance,
serving as the superlative of polus, many) are those (eimi – who exist) entering
and experiencing (eiserchomai – starting the first step in their journey) through
(dia – by way of and on account of) it (autos).” (Matthew 7:13)
Shalom