Soul food

Throughout his “Meditations” Descartes will demonstrate that he is breaking away from the traditional way of thinking and metaphysics. And, throughout the text Descarte will lay out a foundation to a different way of thinking. One in which one does not solely rely on the senses to know things, but instead rely on an inspection of the mind. But, this conflicts with other philosophers of Descartes time, and it conflicts with what is being taught within the schools, Around Descartes time, many of…

human thought throughout time. Whether embodied or disembodied, survival of the soul seems to be dependent on forces that humans do not have the technology to scientifically prove right now. The most plausible stance about life after death is no personal survival. To prove this, first, I will describe the arguments for personal survival, which I oppose, and then present an argument based on the unintelligibility of souls with Sosa’s “Spatial Awareness” debate. A criticism for this will be…

or nature of which is to think and that for its existence there is no need of any place, nor does it depend on any material thing; so that this “me,” that is to say, the soul by which I am what I am, is entirely distinct from the body, and is even more easy to know than is the latter; and even if the body did not exist, the soul would not cease to be what it is.” (Velasquez, 83). Descartes point is that we can think of the self without a body but we can not think of the self without thinking. By…

Plato looked at the soul in parts. Plato’s notion of the soul was with motives. The question then arises for the soul to have basic human motives. These motives, which can be qualitatively different from one another, usually have pleasure as the soul motive. Words like love and hate are just degrees to these motives. For Plato, he only believed in the rulers, guardians, and business. Plato thought that the individuals psych should mirror the political. The business class being the largest, was…

world). On the other hand, the Yanomami believed that the universe was constructed into four layers: The uppermost layer (contains nothing, but it had ancient beings who brought down to the lower layers), the second layer is the sky (which is the souls of the dead and looks similar to earth), the third layer is the earth, and the fourth layer is the underworld. Furthermore, both the Tiwi and the Yanomami have different ceremonies. The Tiwi’s ceremony is called the Kulama. The Kulama is a yam…

Everyman finally acknowledges God and cries out to Him to have mercy upon him. Everyman finally realizes that he cannot escape Death and he is going to leave this world. Yet Death still provides Everyman with an escape. Death hints that Everyman can still be saved regardless of his obsession with earthly things. The author continues to imply that Death can occur anytime when you least expect it. Further implying that Everyman, i.e. everyone on Earth, should be prepared when that time…

The soul has three parts; the appetitive part, spirited part and rational part. The souls must correspond to the natural job of their class. Therefore justice is the same in the soul as it is in the state. “The just man will not be any different from the just city” (435b). The guardians understand harmony and balance and apply their knowledge from extensive education and training to a just society. Only the philosophers have all three parts of the soul. Because they have wisdom…

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…