Soul

Particularly pertaining to the issue on what exactly should be considered to have a soul. There are countless numbers of interpretation, but two highly individuals claim to have different opinions on this issue. Therefore, I will present the two opposing views on the idea that certain substances are able to have a soul, for which I will then state the flaws that are within each view. The scholastics interpretation of the soul is based on "the doctrine of body in terms of (primary)…

qualities of a just soul through constant debate style conversations. The idea of self-control is a constant issue of discussion as he determines how complex the soul can be. Socrates argument on the soul determining the necessity of having a superior and inferior part to the soul, in order to become an overly righteous and just person. In Republic Book IV, Plato introduces a new understanding of the human soul that remains “advantageous for each part and for the whole soul, which is the…

from whether or not philosophers should await death to the claims of immortality of the soul. To understand where this discussion of the soul comes from, one must understand the idea of death…

To many religions, the soul is an immortal essence of a living thing and an eternal element that continues on even after death. According to Hinduism, when a person dies, his or her soul (the atman) passes on to another body and continues this cycle of rebirth and death called Samara. Hinduism is very diverse in cultural, historical and doctrinal, yet it also shares some similar concepts such as karma and rebirth with other religions like Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. In relation to this, the…

James Moore Dr. Georgia Mouroutsou Philosophy 2205W October 18, 2016 Plato’s Argument for the Souls Immortality The mysteries beyond our physical lives have always been up for debate. Arguments from the dawn of rationality range anywhere from religion to the sciences as to decipher human origin, our purpose in life and what lies beyond our known existence. Plato, an ancient Greek and arguably most prominent philosopher in history expresses his view in his work the “Phaedo” using his predecessor…

structure of the soul. After considering the three distinct classes he has identified within the city, Socrates, attempts to link them to three distinct parts of the soul. "It is obvious that the same thing will not be willing to do or undergo opposites in the same part of itself, in relation to the same thing, at the same time"(436B). He uses an example of a person who is standing still but waving his arms.…

The soul is an important issue present in the Platonic texts The Meno and Phaedrus; each one has similarities and differences from each other, which are going to be present in the following paper. I’ll develop the text by explaining how both texts have views on the conception of the soul, the conception of the soul seems to be based on the same foundation yet it differs in certain key ways. Looking at certain similarities, first I’m going to explain how in both texts the soul is immortal, then I…

Present in Hinduism, the idea of the transmigration of souls, or also known as metempsychosis involves a human soul evolving from incarnation to incarnation (Bhaskarananda, 2010). Therefore, it is common for a human soul is to be born time and time again, each time as a free soul, until the achievement of liberation from that process (Bhaskarananda, 2010). This continuous process of rebirth basically allows the continuous rebirth of a human soul in order to work out the very bad karma through…

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…

In Hinduism, an individual’s soul undergoes the exhausting cycle of rebirth, or samsara, until liberation, or moksha, is achieved through becoming one with the world soul of Brahman. While separate paths exist to take when attempting to connect an individual soul with the world soul, the integral concept of the possession of a polytheistic imagination dictates the true worth behind any belief. By experiencing the polytheistic imagination, a person becomes able to understand, as Dr. Ortegren has…