Soul Train

As the subway doors open, I am embraced with the aroma of sweat and grime. I walk out of the train car onto the dirt caked floor of Penn Station. My train whooshes by behind me like a comet. Above me comes a computer-generated voice letting me know where I am. The station is a sea of people. The loud hum of a thousand conversations buzzes in the air. As I walk, I see news stands, fast food places, and small marts. Raggedy homeless people are scattered across the station, while there are also…

Union Station, is considered “the last of the great train stations” (Union Station, Metro). When it first opened its doors in 1939, it was “designed in a unique blend of Spanish Colonial, Mission Revival and Art Deco styles” (Union Station, Metro), and the station’s originality still shines through as they…

We would not know whether there is a soul in the body or not. However, Descartes, through the second meditation, has demonstrated that the wax is recognized not through the senses or imagination but the mind alone. And in meditation four he uses god as a foundation to prove that material…

Camel 1 Korina Camel AP Literature Mariani 10 December 2014 Mystery in Madness Psychology’s Plato, Sigmund Freud, argued, “Madness and normal life are compatible rather than opposed.” To Freud, the human condition is not subject to separate entities like true or false, real or unreal. They do and must coexist. This is not a modern idea. Indeed, Shakespeare explores this concept in his play Hamlet. Perhaps this is the reason for the fascination that has attracted the minds of audiences,…

creatures of one substance, one essence (p.52). She also refers to “nature herself, i.e. the creature” (p.67). This one substance manifests as many different individuals and species, but they are all one of one substance/essence. According to Conway, souls and matter cannot be annihilated but can only be changed “from one nature to another” (p.67), reinforcing that God is a “perpetual creator”(p.54). Her view stems from a literal interpretation of scripture that everything created on earth is…

not come from wealth, but from virtue come wealth and all other human goods, both private and public’” (30b). In this statement, Socrates is stating what the good soul of men would say. All men of Athens are focused on wealth and fame; however, good men with good souls would gain wealth after gaining virtue. Socrates cares for the souls of the…

the individual creating fear within a soul. A person controlled by bodily desires will be afraid to make any actions and be at a standstill in every aspect of there life because they will fear making the wrong decision or doing something wrong. An individual who indulges in bodily desires will be afraid to sleep at dusk and often wake in terror numerous times throughout the night. Because evils and fear are associated with bodily desires, evils can strike a soul anytime throughout the day. Due…

In his essay “What Faith Is”, philosophical theologian Paul Tillich discusses humans and their “ultimate concerns”. These concerns demand a person’s whole being and life, requiring total surrender in order to achieve total fulfillment. They are acts of personality, centered by the human mind, both conscious and unconscious. A true ultimate concern involves the self, whereas a false concern involves an object. Considering Tillich’s definition, I find that there are several values and lessons that…

Neither is there one right model for the ideal state as Plato wants it. The ideal state exists instead only as infinite, desirable ideas in the minds of the people. It is something unachievable, but because the human soul is structured to dream, it is nonetheless of vital importance. [Strategy???] - - - - - - - - - - - - - Plato’s definition…

a spirit or voice speaking of a thing, a place, or a person. The soul is our deepest self that includes our deepest emotions, our capacity for intimacy, and the resting place of our deepest memories. Enchantment can be dangerous; we can be clutched by depression, rage, and jealousy. "Dischantment seeks a psychological explanation and chemical tonics for our troubling emotions and states" (x). Enchantment seeks to influence the soul, to allow us to connect to the world and the people who make…