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    Argument Of Dualism

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    Since all these things exist together as combination they get called by a name such as an Apple , stone etc. P18:”Objects are perceived through ideas and perceived by the spirits”. A18: The Physical world is dualistic and perceiver and perceptions co exists. C18: The physical world is dualistic and mind dependent and comprised of mind and ideas and minds are active whereas ideas are passive. P19:”God perceives all , and is an infinite one”(PHK 25) A19: God is…

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    based really based on Plato’s work. Socrates, similar to Jesus, never wrote or documented anything as far as we currently know, and so we rely mostly on Plato’s text to determine who Socrates was. The titled of the chapter is Socrates and Plato, though all we really understand is who Plato was, how he recorded who Socrates was to him and what knowledge Plato interpreted from what Socrates taught him; Socrates teaching could have a completely different meaning. Plato is the closes link to…

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    Cannibalism They have pretty much a nomadic lifestyle. They stay in community and share their culture with each other. They justify their act of eating human flesh as holy. As per their logic when a person dies he just becomes a useless body of flesh his soul simply escapes from the…

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    not breathing this cold air, they would surely die exactly as men do in the bath houses. Galen does, however, believe that breathing is associated with the nourishment of the pneuma. Galen asserts that this pneuma is “either the substance of the soul or its primary organ” and that this pneuma “must of necessity be nourished” (121) He states that this pneuma is nourished not by “the vapor rising to it from the blood” but instead that it is by “breathing in through the nostrils that the…

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    In the modern western world knowledge is “the range of one’s information or understanding” which is far more closely aligned with Plato’s definition of a true opinion, which is as follows “true opinions, as long as they remain are a fine thing and all they do is good but they are not willing to remain…

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    people that possess true knowledge. He believes that no city can be just unless it is ruled by a philosopher as justice itself has an ideal form, therefore making philosophical knowledge necessary to truly understand it. As a just city is one where all people do the job they are best suited for, a city cannot be just unless the philosopher is utilized and elected to rule. In order to determine why a philosopher is the only one suited to lead a just city, a definition…

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    proposition “justice in the soul is a matter of each part performing its own function”. The next stage, in both dialogues, begins when a second proposition is examined, the truth of which is necessary for the truth of the original candidate proposition. In the Meno, this new proposition is that virtue is knowledge and is explicitly called a hypothesis (καὶ συγχώρησον ἐξ ὑποθέσεως αὐτὸ σκοπεῖσθαι, εἴτε διδακτόν ἐστιν εἴτε ὁπωσοῦν. Meno 86e) while in the Republic it is that the soul has the same…

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    In Books II-IV of Plato’s Republic, Socrates creates an ideal polis, and in doing so finds justice in the soul. The two foundational principles of the ideal city that Socrates creates are self-sufficiency and one-person-one-art, referred to today as specialization. Individual people are not self-sufficient, so the citizens of the city must take up a profession and trade with each other. Socrates and his companions are successful in their search for justice, and are able to reach the answer by…

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    The human being is actually a heart being, having a heart and living in the body. Minor has been known about the body however soul and the individual spirit are like no-go zones. For humanity to assert overall health within the 21st century, mankind should muster the courage to exceed the typical. Breaking new reasons, championing new ideas and venturing into the unknown. No-one can find new countries without leaving the shore. Our shallow efforts and information can't guarantee our conquer…

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    they were not in American hospitals. The thought and all the details were fascinating like the meals that were suppose to be eaten; as well as the “placenta jacket.” I think that this ordeal is often viewed as backward, for the American culture does not have specific rules that need to be followed towards giving birth, other than those of the doctor. Another aspect would be the respect or worth that the Hmong put on the human soul. The souls to the Hmong seem to be important and are taken care…

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