All Souls' Day

As a medical fact, since your pair of eyes is the only component in your nervous system that is able to initiate contact with the external entities of your body, it then justifies the basis of the memorable saying, ‘The eyes are the windows to the soul.’ The practice of applying eye contact in social interactions is just a single dimension of the huge nonverbal worth of this mysterious and precious body organ. Staring directly or switch gazing back…

and the cave allegory. Plato’s teaching is very intentional, and he has a high skill level when it comes to the different teaching styles he uses. Stated in the College English Journal; Contemporary Composition: The Major Pedagogical Theories, “Since all pedagogical approaches, it is argued, share a concern for the elements of the composing…

We would not know whether there is a soul in the body or not. However, Descartes, through the second meditation, has demonstrated that the wax is recognized not through the senses or imagination but the mind alone. And in meditation four he uses god as a foundation to prove that material…

Before meeting the ghost he exclaims, “How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world” (129-34). Fearful, Horatio warns Hamlet not to follow the ghost for it may draw him into madness. But, Hamlet is compelled to follow the ghost. As he leaves Horatio says something that characterizes Hamlet’s condition through…

distinct substances with three distinct essences: God, Jesus (a “heavenly man”), and all other creatures (Atherton, 1994, p.51-52). She argues that God made all other creatures of one substance, one essence (p.52). She also refers to “nature herself, i.e. the creature” (p.67). This one substance manifests as many different individuals and species, but they are all one of one substance/essence. According to Conway, souls and matter cannot be annihilated but can only be changed “from one nature…

“’virtue does 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…

In his essay “What Faith Is”, philosophical theologian Paul Tillich discusses humans and their “ultimate concerns”. These concerns demand a person’s whole being and life, requiring total surrender in order to achieve total fulfillment. They are acts of personality, centered by the human mind, both conscious and unconscious. A true ultimate concern involves the self, whereas a false concern involves an object. Considering Tillich’s definition, I find that there are several values and lessons that…

Plato’s The Republic, is a complex work that discusses the nature of man, justice, the soul and a just society. The city of Athens was on the verge of ruin after Socrates trial and execution. Plato considers justice to be interconnected with goodness of an individual and a state, thus being the best way for survival. This paper will discuss justice and injustice as exemplified in Plato’s description of the fall of the state and the individual. The conversation begins with Glaucon and…

Neither is there one right model for the ideal state as Plato wants it. The ideal state exists instead only as infinite, desirable ideas in the minds of the people. It is something unachievable, but because the human soul is structured to dream, it is nonetheless of vital importance. [Strategy???] - - - - - - - - - - - - - Plato’s definition…

Explain and assess the analogy of the soul and the state. The analogy of the soul and the state is a key method that Plato used in the Republic. According to Plato, studying the structure of a state is like studying a enlarged version of individual soul, as if they are small and large prints . This essay will outline how the analogy works in the context of the Republic. Restricted to length, the tripartite nature of the soul is assumed valid, despite there were opposite voices from scholars…