Rubber Soul

I believe in karma. I believe that the definition of karma is simple.. what goes around, comes back around. I believe in good karma and bad karma. I have dished out a good amount of good karma in my life, but also some bad stuff too. Everyone is human and has done a fair share of bad things too. I believe that you can decide what karma comes back to you. That is why I try to put my best actions out into the world because I believe those good actions will come back to you in the future. You…

You might think ghosts aren’t real. Well, that’s only because you can’t see them. 9-year-old Dennis can. In Pleasing The Ghost by Sharon Creech, Dennis has had multiple encounters with ghosts. Sometimes strangers and sometimes relatives. They usually leave at some point, but one doesn’t. Dennis’s uncle- Uncle Arvie. Uncle Arvie knows there will be some struggles along the way that only a living person could get through. This makes me think that the allegory of this story is that with the help of…

Descartes perspective in The Official Doctrine emphasizes mostly on humans having both a body, and mind which are constructed of many different properties. These two according to the doctrine are harnessed together in life, but conceivable situations such as death can cause the body, and the mind to come apart, and the internal mind may continue to exist because the mind is essentially private. Ryle argues that Cartesian Dualism is wrong and should be rejected because he beliefs that the…

Phaedo one of the main concepts that Socrates discusses is the relationship between the soul and death. Most specifically, Cebes questions Socrates’ argument that the soul is immortal. In his argument, Socrates cites the concept of opposites as evidence that the soul is survived after death. He states that everything in life has an opposite. So, if life breds death, then death must bred life. This must mean that the soul is survived when the body dies and is passed on to another form to create…

Karma is defined as the doctrine that the good and bad acts have inevitable consequences in this and future lives. In the story of Radish and Lady Leek Stem, we karma in action. Radish entrusted Lady Leek Stem, his mother, with money to give to monks who came to the door to beg. Since she did not give money to the monks, she lied to him when he returned. As a result of her lie, instead of reaching salvation, when she died she went straight to hell, where she suffered terrible torments (such as…

In the book this is shown most vividly when Micromega questioned them about the nature of the soul. The peripatetic stated that "the soul is an actuality and rationality, in virtue of which is has the power to be what it is; as Aristotle expressly declare on page 633 of the louvre edition of his works." The Peripatetic then quoted the passage. The group then stated what they could they thought the soul was. Two of them, the giant and the mite, stated they did not understand Greek. The Sirian…

Human beings are comprised of two separate entities, a body and soul. The soul is immortal and cycles in nature and lives an infinite number of bodies. This paper will explore the immortality of the soul as discussed by Socrates in The Apology, Crito and Phaedo and learn his great lessons regarding human life. The Apology is regarding Socrates defense of himself at the time of his trial. Socrates, a wise philosopher is brought in the courtroom and the Athenian jury convicts him on corrupting…

One ironic truth that is shared among all living organisms is the matter of death. As fatality is inevitable, death and its relation with one's existence has always concerned thinkers, and philosophy, being the field of evaluating ideas, has given the chance to these thinkers to explore the true meanings of life and death. Among all great philosophers who have tackled this subject in their lifetime, the similarities between Socrates and Buddha's approach towards death is astonishing. In his…

also known as On the Soul, is a dialogue that recalls the events right before the execution of Socrates. Socrates, who was charged for atheism and corrupting the youth, is the protagonist of the philosophical discussion. Socrates never wrote any of his ideas down, but it was his student Plato who wrote many of his philosophies in works. Some of Socrates’s ideas that are considered his most important are in the Phaedo, including his three arguments for the immortality of the soul and his argument…

Asher has spent the past sixteen years searching for Benedict. He’s believed to be dead but Asher won’t let himself believe that. Asher has been working nonstop to find his fated mate and when he does locate him it’s not a thank you that he gets. Benedict is still angry over what he believes Asher has done to him. Benedict always believed that Asher set a curse upon him that turned him into a vampire, changing the course of his life forever but little did he know Asher too was tricked. With the…