A Little Soul

argument for this conclusion and critically evaluate it. The argument appears to commit the fallacy of equivocation. But I think Socrates’ argument can be salvaged by very slightly reformulating it. Nevertheless, the argument tacitly assumes that the soul is immortal and survives the body’s death. Without a defense of this controversial…

In high school, I read a short story called The Bet by Anton Chekhov. The story was about a young lawyer who made a bet with a banker that imprisonment for fifteen years was better than the death penalty. Like Socrates in Plato’s Crito the lawyer was trying to contest society’s beliefs. While in confinement the lawyer reads many books, whose topics ranged from languages to philosophy. After fifteen years of solitary confinement the lawyer rejects his prize money and defaults on the bet, just…

was said to be the " seat of the soul". Philosophers have claimed that the pituitary gland is the habitat of the soul Before criticizing the claim, articulate it clearly so that we understand why someone would make each a claim. In other words, present the argument of your opponent in debate, try to articulate 3 points ( around 300 words In order for us to give our claim a true reason we must give reasons to why this claim came to be. First of all 'The Soul '. This is considered the…

the problem concerning the immortality of the soul, both Plato and Hume must rely on analogy. Plato, being a rationalist, argues that the soul is immortal and is comparable to a form, for it is invisible and incomposite, unlike material objects. Hume, on the other hand, believes that the soul is mortal and compares souls to perishable objects such as bodies. Although neither analogy can offer any validity, Hume 's argument for the mortality of the soul is far more compelling than Plato 's…

Princess Elizabeth questioned the ability of the two substances of Cartesian Dualism to interact, and thereby introduced the problem of causal interaction. She essentially questioned how the mind (immaterial) causally interacts with the body (material), and therefore demanded a description of the mechanisms that give the mind and the body this power . In this paper, I will argue that Princess Elizabeth’s criticism of Cartesian Dualism successfully discredits Descartes’s theory by exposing the…

Confessions is St. Augustine 's extended prayer of thanks to God. Augustine is raised in a Christian household, but as he grows older, his faith wanders and his soul becomes chained to lower goods. Through God 's grace, Augustine experiences a conversion in which his reason and will become one - his soul is finally at peace with God. Augustine 's journey towards restoring his faith and returning to God can be seen in how he reacts, and later reflects, on the deaths of Dido, his unnamed friend,…

the Republic, Plato mentions the soul several times. Plato agrees that the soul is immortal and separate from the body. He also believes that the soul is eternal and according to Plato, the soul doesn’t come into existence with the body, but rather exists prior to being with the body. He believed that the soul exists inside the body until it dies. Because of this, Plato called the body the prison to the soul. One of the main arguments Plato makes is that the soul has the function of “caring…

Alcibiades wanted. He tried very hard to get with Socrates, but all Socrates would want to do is talk. When he finally spoke with Socrates about it, it was obvious that Alcibiades was in love with Socrates’ soul, but Socrates had nothing in return. Socrates wants to be able to love Alcibiades’ soul as well, not just his body because that would not be a fair tradeoff. After this, it was clear that Alcibiades loved Socrates and had a great respect for him for his self control. Even when there was…

gruesome detail (pg 163). Wilde made sure to keep even his most morbid scenes eloquent though. He is able to relate scenes of evil without creating a horror story. Both The Picture of Dorian Gray and Lord of the Flies show the darkness in the human soul. In both stories, the characters feel the need to hide behind a mask to release the darkness inside. Jack’s clan of boys in Lord of the Flies puts war paint on before a kill to rid themselves of the humanity and morals. Dorian Gray too is…

In Plato’s Symposium the reader is offered many insights on the definition of love. Diotima’s take on love was the most interesting because of her take on love being a spirit, and the ladder of love Diotima’s first objective was establishing that love is a middle ground, not stratified to one spectrum of good or bad. “Watch your tongue,” she exclaims at Socrates, “do you really think that if a thing is not beautiful, it has to be ugly,” (Plato, Symposium, 46). A flaw often found in human…