Neo soul

Throughout human history there have been many different views on what happens to human beings after they die. These views differ, not on what happens to the body after death, but more so on what happens to the immaterial part of the human. Is death the end of the human all-together, is it a beginning or is it something completely different? There are various different religious views held on death by Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. There are also non-religious worldviews about death by

My arguments for reincarnation to be possible are as followed. Many different religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism believe it to be true and have many examples showing the possibility. Depending on the religion, reincarnation can range from souls just traveling to other bodies or animals, seeking to fulfill life lessons. Also, looking at child prodigies, how can one explain the utter talent with no previous training? Finally, many individuals believe reincarnation to be cause for this strange

In Republic II, Glaucon and Socrates pose the question of whether justice is intrinsically good, or instrumentally good. Further, the two men wish to discover which life is best - the just life or the unjust one. While Glaucon argues that the unjust life is best, Socrates argues that the just life is truly better. In this paper, I will summarize both Glaucon’s and Socrates’ arguments, and provide a critical analysis of the opposing views. Glaucon begins Republic II by describing different types of

Paradox of Knowledge? Throughout many of his dialogues Plato often concludes that we cannot know something through our senses. He often concludes that we became acquainted with our knowledge in a previous existence. In Meno, Socrates states that, “As the soul is immortal, has been born often, and has seen all things here and in the underworld, there is nothing which it has not learned; so it is in no way surprising that it can recollect the things it knew before…” In many of Plato’s works is it difficult

Aquinas holds that the body and soul are one united as one in his hylomorphic view of the Human person. This paper will breakdown his three main points of interest, that the soul is the immaterial form of the body, that it is substantial and that it is subsistent while providing an objection and rebuttal to reaffirm the Hylomorphic view on the soul. Thorough breakdown and analysis of these claims will give a better understanding of the connection between body and soul, and what it means to be human

to the soul of every individual. In other words, the soul, like the city, is a three-way entity. The just and fair individual is comparable with the just and fair society - the three parts of a man’s soul are set in the required balance of power and influence. However, in order to make this argument viable, Socrates must show that there truly are three parts of the soul, and that there are three separate entities that influence these parts. Socrates begins his case for the tripartite soul by setting

hellfire at that very moment, the unrepentant would face an eternity of anguish. Edwards lashes out against the concept of sin in his sermon, stating, “Sin is the ruin and misery of the soul; it is destructive in its nature; and if God should leave it without restraint, there would need nothing else to make the soul perfectly miserable.” Perhaps Jonathan Edwards’ obvious abhorrence of sin had a connection to a reason beyond the apparent; the words of his sermon being directed much more to himself

In Dante’s Inferno, Queen Dido of Carthage, a character from Virgil’s Aeneid, was placed where souls are “damned because they sinned within the flesh…” (5.38). Those moved to sin by their passions were subjected to the torment of eternal winds. This punishment conflicts with the worldly actions of Dido as her actions in life were punishable by entrance into the seventh circle; the region of hell where those who commit suicide are reduced to thorny trees with no hope of resurrection in the second

In this paper I will write about Augustine and his thoughts and ideas on sin in the Confessions, where sin originates and whether or not I believe that Augustine’s conception of sin has a place in modern society. From all of this I will conclude that through Augustine's work and findings, Augustine’s conception of the human person and their human actions are somewhat relevant today, due to the fact Augustine set a standard for what human nature is, known as the ability to desire, think and do, yet

being. The subsequent state in the fate of the soul is decided by his response to this god. If his lifetime on Earth was well-lived, he will be in a condition of pureness and beauty, and he shall go into the ecstasy and joyfulness of the god and reach liberation. Conversely, if he has lived a dishonorable and irreverent life, the results of his bad karma will produce the penetrating, bright manifestation of the god to effect trepidation and panic in his soul, and he will be pulled alternatively to the