In the Phædrus, Socrates likens the soul of the body to be as imprisoned withal as an oyster is bound to its shell[REF] during the discourse on metempsychosis (saṃsāra) with Phraedrus.
Etymology of Phrædrus [Φαῖδρος] (Greek for radiant);[REF] from phærma [φάρμακον], philtre[REF] spell or enchantment,[REF] to effect[REF] .