the boy to the answer. At the end of the discussion the slave boy who had no knowledge of geometry was able to answer a few geometrical questions. Socrates takes this to prove his assertion that the soul is immortal‚ and therefore all learning is recollection. Socrates says because the soul is immortal it possesses all knowledge within it‚ and what we call learning is really recollecting. We acquire knowledge through inquiring about things until we are able to ‘remember’ them as Socrates states it
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The concept of God according to Descartes and the so called antitheist position of Descartes Philomon Kani René Descartes is often credited with being the “Father of Modern Philosophy.” This title is justified due both to his break with the traditional Scholastic-Aristotelian philosophy prevalent at his time and to his development and promotion of the new‚ mechanistic sciences. His fundamental break with Scholastic philosophy was twofold
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In this paper‚ I will investigate how Plato’s epistemology revolves around the following tenets: how the souls of humans and never-changing Forms make knowledge possible. In the Meno he uses the Socratic Method to introduce the theory of recollection—solving Meno’s paradox and proving the existence of humans’ immortal soul—and defines knowledge as justified true belief. Using his “Myth of the Cave” Plato contends that sense experience cannot lead to knowledge‚ but in fact knowledge can only be found
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an imperishable soul‚ which is a sign of our heavenly origin. During our early childhood‚ the concept of death is not present in our mind. Therefore‚ we are closest to God and His home when we are children who innately believe in immortality. As we accommodate to the world and realize that death and sufferings exist‚ however‚ our intimacy with God weakens to the point in which we completely forget about our divine heritage. As a result‚ we lose the belief that we will be immortal once again and
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referred as Sanātana Dharma means eternal law. Just like the Catholics or any other religion‚ Hinduism also has some beliefs. Here are some beliefs of Hinduism; (1) everyone should strive to achieve dharma‚ (2) individual souls are immortal‚ lastly (3) the goal of the individual soul is moksha. Everyone should strive to achieve dharma. Dharma is the right thing to do. It is also explained as your moral duty. It is the purpose why you are living. Once you have fully understood the dharma‚ you will understand
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Phaedo‚ and in proving the soul to be immortal. Simmias’ objection basically challenges Socrates’ claim that the soul is immortal. Simmias inquires why the soul is not similar to a lyre and its harmony‚ the soul representing the harmony‚ and the body representing the lyre. Simmias points out the fact that when a lyre becomes old‚ the harmony suffers‚ and eventually ceases to exist (Phaedo‚ 82a). He claims this occurrence to be the same relationship as between the soul and the body. Socrates‚ however
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Descartes argue that the mind and body are separable and immortal. In the Phaedo‚ Socrates argues that the body is attached to the soul but that the soul can exist independently of it. In fact‚ as the body drags the soul around‚ it only confuses the soul with its senses and does not allow the soul to obtain truth and wisdom. The only way the soul can find pure knowledge or reality is to become separate from the body since "the soul reasons best when none of the senses troubles it… but
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then learning to love the ‘soul and entire essence’ of this physical being‚ doing this for the purpose of happiness. After loving a single body/soul‚ the individual ought to learn to love all the bodies of what is beautiful and good (then loving the soul of all of them). reason for this is if the body is good and beautiful we want to ensure that it is kept forever; to make this ‘love’ everlasting one must birth more ‘bodies’ from this to ensure that this love will be immortal. Moving away from the literal
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kiss from the prince on the third day that she is granted to be human‚ she is to forever belong to the sea witch. In the book the Little Mermaid is not named Ariel; she has no name other than Mermaid. Her main purpose in the book is to gain an immortal soul rather than gaining the prince’s love. In fact‚ the prince ends up marrying a different princess in the end of the story. If she does not marry the prince‚ she will turn into sea foam and never see her family again. Looking at the purposes of
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October 1‚ 2013 Geometric Argument: Are Souls truly immortal and know all? In the Meno‚ Socrates tries to walk Meno through the discovery of if virtue can be taught. Along the way they come across the theory that if virtue can be taught then it is knowledge. If knowledge then it can be taught but the Geometric argument was brought up where a person can have the capacity to learn based on their previous life and their soul conjuring up prior knowledge to understand the topic. Socrates called upon
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