An idea from The Trial and Death of Socrates

He gave arguments that the soul lives on, and 2 friends pushed back. A tune dies when the lyre breaks, one said, and a weaver outlives many coats but not the last one. The others felt shaken. He warned them not to start hating all arguments because some fail.

From The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato

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