The Phaedo is a dialogue between Socrates and his friends on the days of his eminent execution. Given the circumstances‚ the conversation naturally turns to questions concerning death and soul of the after-life. The friends of Socrates is sad at his impending death‚ but Socrates is cheerful of death and he promises to tell them why. “I desire to prove to you that a real philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die‚ and after death he may hope to obtain the greatest good in the
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mermaid asked her grandmother if humans continued to live on forever. Her grandmother told her that just like mermaids‚ humans die too. Except‚ unlike mermaids‚ humans do not just turn into sea foam after death‚ humans still had souls that lingered on. The news of an eternal soul intensified the little mermaids thirst to become human. The little mermaid’s longing to become human drove her to seek the help of a sea witch. The sea witch gave the little mermaid an elixir that would give her
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In the Phaedo‚ Socrates does not fear death because he believes that his soul is immortal and will be sent to heaven after his death. It is worth noticing here that he pre-assumes that the soul exists‚ so his central argument is not about whether the soul exists‚ but whether it is immortal. One of his arguments is that the soul is invincible‚ and invincible things can’t be destroyed‚ so the soul is immortal. I shall explain more fully this argument in the next paragraph. Then I shall offer my objection
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whilst in the body‚ (iep.com). Since equality cannot be experienced through the body‚ it must be able to be experienced by the soul. This would therefore mean that knowledge could only be accessible through reason and is therefore a priori in its existence within the body‚ (iep.com). Plato therefore argues that the soul is the means to which
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because it is also composed of matter; just like the matter around it also goes through phases and then deteriorates. The body of an individual is actually considered to be a shell that harbors the immortal soul‚ and after one’s life is over in this material world‚ the body dies‚ while the immortal soul passes on
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death. Mind and soul are intimately connected‚ form single substance. Mind/intelligence is fixed in middle of breast‚ rest of soul-substance is disseminated through all the body. Mind and soul consist of material substance. Mind and soul consist of heat‚ calm air‚ chill breath‚ and nameless subtle substance. Body and soul are united even in the womb. Mind is more essential to life than the soul. Both are born together and decline together. Mind feels pain and is therefore immortal? Affected by the
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AB Theology III October 2013 Comparative Religion and Cults The Concept of Salvation in Hinduism Essay The concept of salvation is present in almost all religions in its own distinct way. The primary purpose of all religions is to provide salvation to their followers and the existence of many different religions indicates that there is a great variety of opinion about what constitutes salvation and the means of achieving it. The term salvation can be meaningfully
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personal identity or immortality of the soul. Theories about life after death are all interested in whether or not there is a part of the human body which survives the death of all the physical parts and where or when it goes. Dualism states that there is a distinction between our body and our actual self‚ commonly referred to as our soul. Generally‚ in dualism‚ the soul is viewed as immortal‚ and therefore our existence in the afterlife is defined by our soul. Materialism is quite the opposite‚ and
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beliefs are similar. Hinduism views their soul as permanent whereas Buddhism believes it’s not immortal. Hindus believe that there are multiples beginnings and ends which are the period of creation and death. Through samsara‚ they think that the souls are passed on each cycle of life. Along with the belief that the souls are immortals and after life is permanent‚ they think a soul leaves and enters a physical body. On the contrary‚ Buddhist do not see that a soul can enter a physical body but they believe
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The Phaedo? In his dialogues The Phaedo and Meno‚ Plato‚ through the form of Socrates‚ puts forth the idea that all learning is recollection. In The Phaedo‚ to prove that the soul is immortal‚ Socrates asserts the view that all learning is recollection and we simply need to be reminded of facts that our immortal souls are aware of. In Meno‚ Socrates attempts to show the truth of this belief by doing complex geometry with a nearby slave boy. Socrates leads the boy through a series of questions
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