A Little Soul

Mind-brain identity theory seems to be in conflict with many philosophers to show the connection between brain and mind. It is very much based on the scientific evidence more than the theory itself. The science can be a reliable source to believe. However, as time passes there will be more technological tools that can be use to experiment the findings and clarify the doubt in the future and it might change the entire result or came up with the new theory. In this point, I am standing on the side…

the new heaven and new earth of the world to come. Afterlife: some denominations believe that after death, the soul goes and sleeps and doesn’t wake up until the resurrection. Others believe that the soul will go to an intermediate place and stay their while it is awake. One of the beliefs about afterlife is the purgatory, which is teached by Catholics. They believe that when the soul is not condemned to hell, but is not pure enough to go to heaven, it will go to the purgatory, where it will be…

What does it mean when you hear the term “restorith my soul” used? I guess before we can answer that question, we should ask several other questions first. When you or lost, what would the number one issue of importance be to you? In the worldly sense we can easily become disoriented. In a very short period of time a lost person can become totally confused and not have the slightest idea of how to get back to where they had begun their journey. We also become confused about how to properly live…

In Phaedo, Socrates friends refused to wholly accept Socrates' ideas on the theory of souls, and Simmias in particular puts forward his “theory of attunement”. Simmias claims that “we really do suppose the soul to be something of this kind,” that is, a harmony or proper mixture of bodily elements like the hot and cold or dry and moist. Simmias considers that during our lifetime, we must constantly strive to achieve some sort of certainty, and that this certainty might only be achieved by…

Dualism can be defined as dividing life into two separate categories, the first being secular and the second being spiritual. Secular involves things within the physical and changing world in which humans live. Sacred includes things related to the spiritual and unchanging existence of God. Secular is evident in places/activities such as education, business, arts, sciences, government, hobbies, and entertainment. Sacred is only involved in church-related activities. However, secular/sacred…

In Plato’s The Republic Justice is a prominent and reoccurring theme. There were many questions asked about Justice, its definition, what it consisted of and whether it was a worthwhile investment to be a just person or an unjust person. Plato and his interlocutor’s breakdown and attempt to define justice in the setting of a polis created in thought. The main premise behind this was to observe justice at work so that it could be properly defined. There were two cities that were proposed and…

Even the Stoutest Souls can be Broken: An Interpretation of Hamlet It is clear that William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet, is meant to present perhaps the greatest and undeniable truth of mankind, even the best of us can fall into corruption. Hamlet is a vivid description of one’s descent into madness. It begins by detailing the seed of anyone’s separation from goodness or faith, the death of a beloved family member. From that point on the seed only grows within Hamlet from the number of events…

In the game Fallout: New Vegas, there is a built-in morality system called karma. If the player does “good” actions such as helping people, being generous, and killing “evil” characters, they would gain positive karma. On the other hand, if they stole, murdered innocent and “good” characters, and just did “bad” or “evil” things, they would gain negative karma. Most of the quests in the game reward the player with either positive or negative karma depending on the actions taken in completing the…

and that the angles and demons and travel back and forth from heaven/hell to Earth. Even some of them believe in this spiritual world before birth, which is mind blowing because there are no bodies there and it is like some form of punishment for a soul to be put in a body. It is intriguing because no one can be one hundred percent sure on what heaven and hell actually are. It is one big mystery that everyone will find out when they die, but they will only find out the truth about heaven or…

greater significance than the Forms of the other virtues (505a). He dismisses the two most common definitions – that the good itself is either pleasure or knowledge – as inadequate (505b-c). The Good, whatever it might be, is something which “every soul pursues” and fails to comprehend, resulting in an obscuration of the other lesser Forms (505e). Glaucon asks Socrates for an explanation of the Good similar to that given of other virtues like justice, but Socrates responds that he cannot do so…