All Souls' Day

and skills required for a holistic care. Holistic care is used by nurses to enhance the quality of care given to patients and also forms strong foundation to what nurses do every day for the patients. In nursing care, holistic care provided by the nurses is not limited to certain group of people instead, it is meant for all individuals, families and the community as a whole. Holism in nursing creates opportunity for good communication and interpersonal relationship between nurses and their…

life on this planet, and that this quantity can neither be increased or decreased.” From Edison’s point of view, nothing could be created or destroyed. Therefore, he speculated that life units which change from one form to another form were applied to all lives on this planet. Some people argued that if his theory did work, how could those ghosts have memory and personality? He explained that this works like fingerprint. If you burn it, it will grow back the same way. That’s why ghost has the…

they made a lot of mistakes, but because we lack peace in ourselves, in our soul. A soul that is complete and living without any worries has fewer chances to be angry with others, as he knows that anger is not a way to protest, it is just a sign of weakness. Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul. – Epicurus One of my favorite Epicurus lessons is the above one, as it…

is the true meaning of Christian counseling. During this process of healing and transformation the questions of taking possession of the soul and shaping of the soul was discussed as part of Christian counseling. Meaning, there…

moment of the allegory of the cave is the representation of the sun and the first reaction the prisoner had to the sun, basically Plato describes how the light and all its glory was hurting the eyes of the prisoner, but the sun at the same time represents knowledge, freedom, and is the first step in the search of the liberation of the soul that is limited and lock inside the body. To that affirmation, we should ask: why does it hurt to see the light? why is there just so much light that we can…

elaborating his ideas on justice in Nichomachean Ethics, provide a more detailed reflection on justice than Plato. Similar to Plato, Aristotle considered also justice as a virtue and moderation yet contrary to Plato, he thought that justice is not in the soul, but in the actions. Justice in the social sphere is the composition of individual virtues, it is where Aristotle distinguishes from Plato in terms of method. Aristotle emphasizes also the relational and reciprocal character of justice and…

According to a German philosopher Immanuel Kant, “emotions are entirely distinct from reason and rationality. They do not yield knowledge” (Blum, 1980). Reason and emotion have been viewed as distinct entities of the human mind for a long time. with reason being accepted as the more consistent and objective way of knowing by a lot of people. The implication of the prescribed statement that reason can only work that emotions works so well is argumentative. Since reason and emotion are the…

in support of his argument. First, he includes the idea that the just man is wise and good while the unjust is ignorant and bad. Then, he argues that injustice prevents internal order and effectiveness which is required to have a fully functioning soul. And finally, as good virtue leads to happiness and virtue is defined as excellence at one’s function, a just person is happier than an unjust one since he performs the soul’s function in the best way possible. After explaining these three key…

Socrates feels as if the city of Athens is comparable to a parent. Particularly, Socrates believes that the city has “given you birth, nurtured you, educated you” and has “given you and all other citizens a share of all the good things [they] could” (54). Thus, breaking the agreement with Athens has an equivalence to breaking an agreement with one’s parents. Throughout Crito and Socrates’ discussion, it is clear that Socrates believes that one should…

would likely go further than that and agree that the mind and the body, while separate, still communicate emotions in a very similar matter. Putting this into a context that contradicts monist thinking, without the soul, a body could not express anger. Similarly, without a body, a soul could not feel anger, meaning that emotions would not exist. However, because there is no way of doubting that emotions exist, the view of monism appears to be somewhat flawed. Meanwhile, dualism manages to…