Soul food

Socrates’s argument is that the physical body and the mind or soul are two separate aspects of ourselves. Socrates also argues that the soul uses the body as an instrument of perception. That the soul rules the body in the same way that the divine rules the mortals. The proof that as Socrates said our bodies are imperfect, they change, and they die are all around us as we can see with every human being. His ideas that the souls are unchanging and immortal, surviving the death of the body are…

In his mind, dying is a process of liberation. Aristotle claimed that our souls are trapped in our bodies by appetitive pleasures and bodily needs and once we die, the soul finally gets an opportunity to become itself and settle the world of highest importance. This statement shows why he was not afraid of getting a death penalty and why he never lamented or asked for mercy…

Personal identity can be understood as having a soul, an immaterial entity that makes us who we are, or it can be viewed as being defined as who we are by means of psychological continuity where we are defined by our memories and personal experiences. In this essay I will try to establish whether or not Locke’s Memory Criterion is the correct account of personal identity. What Is Personal Identity? One can only contemplate personal identity once the definition of ‘person’ is understood. I know…

CONCEPT 2: THE CONCEPT OF HOLISM IN NURSING CARE This concept is taken from Block 5, Module 2 which is entitled as “Individual health”. The word holism is a Greek word that signifies entire or whole. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, holism is a theory that the universe and especially living nature is correctly seen in terms of interacting wholes (as of living organisms) that are more than the mere sum of elementary particles. Holism in nursing can be referred to as holistic nursing which…

"I enumerate the thing 's various parts. I ascribe to these parts certain sizes, shapes, positions, and movements from place to place; to these movements I ascribe various durations" (1980, p. 85). Conversely, the body is also able to influence the soul. Light reflected from the body of an animal and entering through our two eyes. It is clear from this statement by Descartes, that he potentially believed a dualistic view of interactionism. This would mean that he sometimes believed that mental…

interchangeability. According to The diary and observations of Thomas Alva Edison (Runes, 1976), he said that “I believe, rightly or wrongly, that life is undestructable, it is true, and I also believe that there has always been a fixed quantity of 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…

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…

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 handle, and why are humans so sensitive to the light and its representation of…

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…