Griffin Hooper English 1A 30 October 2008 Soul Food A ritual done over a specific length of time can become tradition‚ rooting itself into one’s culture and lifestyle. George Gmelch in the essay “Baseball Magic” describes rituals as being irrational and unemotional behaviors linked to an outcome. He finds when a baseball player has a good performance his rituals grow and are continued. Gmelch’s findings reflect that rituals fulfill one’s need for control over one’s environment. Similar
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Agnew Phil 101 Hicks 3-8-13 Aristotle vs. Plato: Views on the Soul The happening which took place in the sixth and fifth centuries in how the Greeks thought and spoke of the soul resulted in a very complicated notion that comes out as one as outstanding close to conceptions of the soul that we find in philosophical theories‚ especially Plato’s and Aristotle’s theories. In doing so they changed the ways that we look at the soul‚ and how we view philosophy. But when looking at their views‚ are
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What is a soul? Is it part of our body? Does it even hold any significant importance? These are all great questions that nobody can be quite sure about. Through this essay‚ I’m going to dissect the powerful theories on the soul from Plato’s Phaedo and offer insight on how the soul may hold the ultimate key to happiness. In Plato’s Phaedo‚ Plato speaks on his theories on the existence of the soul through the voice of Socrates. In this dialogue‚ Socrates has been sentenced to death and talks
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Windows to the Soul I’ve been told that the eyes are windows to the soul. If you looked into my great-grandmother’s eyes‚ you would see the slow evolution of time. You would see nearly a century of life and knowledge hidden behind her milky violet irises. You would see a battle‚ visible on the inside and out‚ as you watch the dementia slowly creep over as each second passes. My tutu Violet is one of the oldest people I know; she is the ultimate test of time. Over the years‚ she has done it all
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“parts” of a society‚ the just individual also consists of “parts;” “parts” of the soul. Socrates is able to identify the first part of the soul as the rational part that yearns for truth‚ the second part of the soul as the spirited part that lustsafter honor‚ and a desiring part of the soul that yearns for everything else‚ such as food‚ drink‚ money and sex. Socrates feels that the relationship between the parts of the soul and the parts of the city reflect how justice is had and how justice should be
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(2) Critically evaluate Plato’s theory of the tripartite soul‚ in Republic. Plato’s espousal of a tripartite conception of the ‘soul’ as displayed in The Republic‚ offers an interesting and valuable account of the human psyche‚ and for the motivational factors that can influence individual conduct. By virtue of searching for why a man should follow courses of action that are seen to be ‘just’‚ Plato compliments his ethical answers by establishing a psychological structure that shows that conflict
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Metaphysics Aristotle considered the most fundamental features of reality in the twelve books of the Μεταφυσικη(Metaphysics). Although experience of what happens is a key to all demonstrative knowledge‚ Aristotle supposed that the abstract study of "being qua being" must delve more deeply‚ in order to understand why things happen the way they do. A quick review of past attempts at achieving this goal reveals that earlier philosophers had created more difficult questions than they had answered: the Milesians over-emphasized
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251- 503 February 14‚ 2014 Phaedo: Soul & Body As one may see throughout their life‚ people have different points of view. Plato and I share the same views on the Argument from Affinity up until a certain point. I believe that while you are alive‚ even before you are alive‚ your soul is a part of you and that that soul will be only yours‚ and once your life ends here on Earth‚ your soul goes to Heaven‚ Hell‚ or Purgatory‚ meaning that I do believe the soul is both imperishable and immortal.
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PHAEDO: IMMORTALITY OF SOUL In the dialogue Phaedo Plato discusses the immortality of the soul. He presents four different arguments to prove the fact that although the body of the human perishes after death; the soul still exists and remains eternal. Firstly‚ he explains the Argument from Opposites that is about the forms and their existence in opposite forms. His second argument is Theory of Recollection which assumes that each and every information that one has in his/her mind is related to
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Immortality of the Soul Plato has roused many readers with the work of a great philosopher by the name of Socrates. Through Plato‚ Socrates lived on generations after his time. A topic of Socrates that many will continue to discuss is the idea of “an immortal soul”. Although there are various works and dialogues about this topic it is found to be best explained in The Phaedo. It is fair to say that the mind may wonder when one dies what exactly happens to the beloved soul‚ the giver of life
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