Phaedo-Return to Life after Death?

There are many pairs of opposites and pairs of processes which turn one into its opposite, e.g.

The less is turned into the more through the process of increase; the more is turned into the less through the process of decrease.

The parts are turned into the entirety through the process of composition; the entirety is turned into the parts through the process of division.

The coldness is turned into the hotness through the process of heating; the hotness is turned into the coldness through the process of cooling.

The asleep is turned into the awake through the process of waking up; the awake is turned into the asleep through the process of falling asleep.

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It seems that for every process which turns one into its opposite, there is always a reversed process which turns the latter back into the former. All things which have opposites seem to be generated out of their opposites. And, does it still work for life and death?

The life is turned to death through the process of dying; the death is turned to life through the process of … ?

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