The subject of philosophy is a study that can be viewed in many different ways. Some ways vary in extremes from one another, but they all wish to pursue the same thing; the understanding of knowledge and human excellence. One of the most popular arguments is the comparison of mind and body. Through this paper I will go in depth on the individuals theories and discoveries, then compare them using the ideas from Plato’s Phaedo and Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy. Both philosophers share the same ideas on dualism, and believe the body to be inferior to the mind and/or soul. During the Golden Age of Pericles ' Athens, Plato, an intellectual individual, set out to understand the relations that occurred between the body and the soul. With immense studying of his former teacher, Socrates, Plato came to his realization that the body and the soul were in fact separate from one another. Not only are the two separate, but he discovered that the soul itself is immaterial and immortal and wishes nothing more then to (insert freeing the body quote). Plato’s understanding of the body would not have been possible without Socrates’ theories of opposites, recollection, and scattering of objects.
Firstly, Socrates …show more content…
This previous quotation not only prove the immortality of the soul, is also proves that the soul and the body are separate. Since the soul waits for the cycle of the body, it shows that they are
Firstly, Socrates …show more content…
This previous quotation not only prove the immortality of the soul, is also proves that the soul and the body are separate. Since the soul waits for the cycle of the body, it shows that they are