Neo soul

Plato 's "The Apology" and "The Allegory of the Cave" essentially provide the same message through different mediums -- the self and the soul is taken care of through the pursuit of truth, and self-criticism and self-inquiry help keep the soul in check, ensuring that the soul is being taken care of. From these two pieces, the "care" for our "soul" or our "self" means that people are obliged to become more meaningful. Caring for the self involves the highest level of morality and knowledge to the…

The existence of a soul and its connection to the human body is debated often in metaphysics, since its substance could possibly prove or disclaim the existence of life after the body dies. If the soul exists, and is unrelated to the body, then it may possibly continue on without a corporeal form. If the soul is a byproduct of the body, than it is just as mortal, and will cease to exist when the heart stops. It is my belief that the soul is the result of thought, and is unconnected to the human…

“Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror” by John Ashbery is a work of convoluted reflections engaging Renaissance painter Parmigiano, his painting “Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror”, Ashbery himself, and the soul. The poem’s source of inspiration is a physical piece of art, suggesting the poem belongs in the ekphrasis tradition. Immediate tension arises as the painting and the poem belong to vastly different traditions. The technique of ekphrasis in a postmodern tradition has challenged scholars as it…

Bible, which state “so God created man in the divine image, in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them.” (New International Version, Genesis 1.27) Blake’s songs were written to shed light on the two opposing states of the human soul, primarily as one of innocence that believes man was created in the physical and virtuous image of God, “For Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love/Is God,…

For in the Holy word of God is reads, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26 ESV) It is the one thing that God cares about and craves to have because He can offer eternal life and the life of a prince because that is what we are. Temptation disrupts that, yet it cannot change our worth in front of our Lord’s…

chloride, the mind comes from brain processes (King, Viney, & Woody, 2013, p. 31). The interactions of the brain, mind, and soul described above are reminiscent of interactionism. Interactionism maintains that each order of reality- the brain and the mind- is real and reciprocally stimulates the other (King, Viney, & Woody, 2013, p. 30). Finally, the solution suggests the soul as an additional reality separate from the brain and the mind. The soul’s ability to influence the brain and mind is…

of the poem, “beautiful, also, are the souls of my people” (line 6). Now the narrator is ending it with something big, something that goes into deeper feelings and gives the poem more meaning. He ends it with the soul of his people which is not something they can visually see because it is in the interior of a person. Even though the narrator can not see the “soul” (line 6) of his people, he sees it as something more then “stars” (line 3). He compares the “soul” (line 6) to the “sun” (line 5)…

being personal, and showing the urgent need of evangelism to lost souls. God desires all Christians to scatter the seed of the gospel. Yet he provides encouragement in doing so. He recalls that the seed that feel on the good soil yielded 100 fold. While the one doing is often criticized, in God 's eyes he is better than the one not doing. The author mentions that Babe Ruth struck out 1330 times. So how can Christians better win souls for Christ? Over the next several chapters, Stewart…

Pastor Jim didn’t seem very enthusiastic about it. He told him, there is no mention in the Bible about orbs of light. The Pastor reminded him of what it says in, 2nd. Corinthians 11:14. “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” At home alone, he decided to get to the bottom of it. At his own request, his doctor arranged for him to see a psychiatrist. The doctor suggested to him. “Since you suffer from P.T.S.D., you could be reliving flares.” It was a reasonable…

tes own theory of the Soul? Socrates own theory of the soul is his explanation of our true self. Our soul is essentially what separates us from animals, as we have will, consciousness, and emotions. Socrates believed our souls were immortal, that once death arrived, our body and soul would separate. When our body dies, our soul dies along with it. The body is the prison of the soul. The nature of our soul is determined by the quality of life we choose to have, as it should be good and…