A Little Soul

In Plato’s dialogue Meno one of ideas that is discussed by Socrates is the idea of the immortality of the soul. Socrates outlines his belief that the soul is immortal and therefore possesses all knowledge available; so there is no such thing as learning but instead recollecting information. Even though the idea of the immortality of the soul was believed by one of the greatest philosophical minds that has ever lived, Socrates, there are some flaws with this concept. One flaw is that Socrates’…

According to Maimonides, a "physician of the soul" is when therapy and ethics meet to prescribe "a temporary ethic to enable the patient to acquire moral virtue" (299). These "wise men," who are "physicians of the soul" are there to balance the extreme character traits of the soul that are sick. When a person shows bad actions they must be cured by the soul doctor "to acquire moral virtue" (298). It is like when goes to a "physician of the body" with an infection, the doctor must prescribe…

book Peace like a River how hands are described represent the characters souls. How the hands are described can tell us as the readers what type of soul or personality the character has. Reuben describes Roxana's hands as looking like they have done hard work. On page 179 he says “Roxanna Crawley was standing there looking thirsty; did I mention her knuckles before? This woman had worked.” This could mean that Roxanna has a soul that has drive and determination to get things done, but since she…

believes that happiness comes from the goods of the soul, the goods of the soul come from virtue, he believes that living a virtuous life is the key to achieving happiness, a virtuous life is achieved through self, external goods such as wealth and happiness don’t play a large role in becoming truly happy or living a virtuous life. Happiness is a sufficiently completed good, it desires for…

must first study himself and his soul to start over. Descartes decides that he needs to discard all of his current positions, even if they may be right, because he did not trust what he was taught and what others and society taught and thought was the truth. Descartes explained how he discarded his current positions and started fresh, “…I learned not to believe anything too firmly of which I had been persuaded only by example and custom; and thus I little by little freed from myself from many…

measure real happiness, if the asset is the main reason behind happiness, then people with enough prosperity would not be unhappy. He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing. –…

not come from wealth, but from virtue come wealth and all other human goods, both private and public’” (30b). In this statement, Socrates is stating what the good soul of men would say. All men of Athens are focused on wealth and fame; however, good men with good souls would gain wealth after gaining virtue. Socrates cares for the souls of the…

A hero is often defined as, “one who exhibits extraordinary bravery, firmness, fortitude or greatness of soul, in any course of action, or in connection with any pursuit, work, or enterprise” (Oxford English Dictionary). When going on a journey, the hero must express the inner strength needed to continue on for a greater good. In The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, a poet named Dante ventures on a journey through Hell in order to find Enlightenment. Although this was a difficult but rewarding…

the fourth edition of Leaves of Grass, Whitman’s poetry took on themes of the soul, death, and immortality. “A Noiseless Patient Spider” carried with those themes, accentuating the spiritual elements (“Walt Whitman”, 1998). The form is free verse, and the plot follows a spider spinning a web and a soul trying to make connections in the world. The deeper meaning requires drawing similarities between the spider and the soul. Both have to put some of themselves out there into the world to make…

Flowey the flower!" sung a tiny yellow flower with a cute smile on the white smooth anther. This not even making the bruised human feel any emotion, not even a little bit of fright or shock. "Hmmm... You're new to the UNDERGROUND, aren'tcha? golly, you must be so confused.Someone ought to teach you how things work around here!I guess little old me will have to do. Ready? here we go!" he spoke in a cheerful tone.Suddenly everything went pitch black,the humans body pure white,all…