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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Soul Surfer Summer Read Questions 1. Soul Surfer takes place in Kauai‚ Hawaii. In the story‚ the main character-Bethany Hamilton- is an extremely talented surfer. Her whole life basically revolved around surfing‚ she loved it more than anything else in the world. Bethany spent most of her time in the water‚ either practicing or competing. Until one day during a practice session with her best friend‚ Alana Blanchard‚ something tragic occurred. Bethany was attacked by a 14 foot tiger shark. Alana
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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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humanity and they make a positive impact on society and to other people’s lives. Bethany Hamilton: One of these people that will be discussed today is Bethany Meilani Hamilton. Bethany Hamilton is a professional surfer who lives in the United States‚ Hawaii. She was born into a family of surfers on the 8th of February 1990 on the island of Kauai‚ Hawaii. Bethany began surfing at the age of 8 and also won her first surfing competition‚ the ‘Rell Sun Menehune event’ on Oahu. This sparked a true love in
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Central Ideal: Bethany Hamilton overcame a traumatic injury and went on to reach her goal of becoming a professional surfer and uses her experience to inspire many people‚ including me. INTRODUCTION Attention-Getter: Show a quote by Bethany Hamilton and ask the audience if they know who said the quote. Reveal Topic: Introduce Bethany Hamilton‚ Professional Surfer Relate to Audience: I’m sure you all have goals for your life. At times‚ things happen in life that can make it seem
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Marissa Langworthy Soul Surfer Could you imagine what it would be like to lose your arm in a shark attack? Everything would be so difficult for quite some time. You would have to deal with not only pain but everybody wanting to ask you questions about what happened. Some people may even make fun of you or be scared. That would be a terrible feeling to have. Everything you do would be at least ten times harder. Bethany Hamilton loved to surf and be in the water. She was just a normal teenage
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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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