With that said it can be argued that this is not true because a large amount of people know that the soul is immaterial rather than a contingent object. Plato is a dualist like Descartes but focuses on the immorality of the soul therefore showing its existence. The first argument is the cyclical argument, which simply says that the soul must be immortal since the living come from the dead. The argument from recollection argues that it is possible to gain information out of a person who seems not to have any knowledge of a subject, a priori knowledge therefore suggesting that this
Matthew McKee Knight of Faith and Tragic Hero When we refer to these two classifications in respect to religious purposes, it’s not very difficult to understand where religious figures stand in regard to these labels. These being literary terms relating to the story of Abraham and Isaac, it would be wise to explain what each of them means for the reader’s sake. In order to understand the text of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling, it’s crucial to know these key terms. Let’s begin with the definition of a Knight of Faith, (KoF). A KoF can be the good guy or the bad guy, depending on how you view religion and the story of Abraham and Isaac for this purpose.
Plato’s views on the soul are more convincing than Aristotle’s – discuss. Plato and Aristotle were both Greek philosophers who wrote alternate views upon the soul. When discussing Plato and Aristotle we must deduce that Aristotle’s views are likely to revolve around empirical matters whereas Plato’s will be mostly based upon The World of the Forms. Plato wrote about his dualist views upon the soul that state that the soul is ‘imprisoned’ in a body waiting to be freed by knowledge, to Plato, the soul is immortal and lives on when the body dies. Aristotle has a monist approach to the soul, unlike Plato he says that the soul cannot exist without the body.
Socrates therefore believed that, “learning is no other than recollection” of what people have already known (73a). Meaning all of society has knowledge before birth but lose it at birth, and by using their senses they can recollect previous knowledge. “we should agree that if anyone recollects anything, he must have known it before” (73c) and this would be another proof of the immortality of the soul in Socrates’ opinion. One objection could be made towards this theory from this point of view. Although Socrates from his own perspective explains recollection
3). Mr. Malter in the book The Chosen embraced the Zionism movement. Zionism is the national movement of Jews and Jewish culture that supports the creation of a Jewish homeland in the territory defines as the “Land of Israel.” They believed Zionism supports Jewish people upholding their Jewish identity, opposes the assimilation of Jews into other societies and has advocated the return of Jewish people to Israel as a means for Jewish people to be a majority in their own nation. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism) Reb Saunders did not agree with Mr. Malters speech on Zionism. He forced Danny and Reuven into a world of silence.
Biblical texts state that God is forgiving, merciful, loving, omnipotent and above all, good. Yet how can it be true that God forgave the Jewish people for their sins and had the power to prevent the Holocaust but did not do so? It leads to the notion that either God is not all powerful so was not capable of thwarting the atrocities of World War 2, or God is not altogether caring and merciful. Ignaz Maybaum examined this concept further by stating that the Holocaust was God’s judgement over the past. He believed that “Hitler served as a divine instrument for the reconstruction of modern Jewish life.” In his mind it was clear that the death of 6 million Jews took place because as a community, Jews are responsible for each other’s actions and there had been enough sin for God to take necessary action.
Therefore, learning is actually only remembering what the soul already knew from the World of the Forms. Secondly, the body and soul are opposites: Plato used the example of light and dark – the concept of light makes us aware of darkness. Therefore, in a similar way, life and death are opposites: those who are dead used to be alive, and those who are alive used to be dead but experienced the concept of being born again. There does seem to be a
4-MAT Review: Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity by David N. Entwistle Abstract In David N. Entwistle’s book, Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity (2010), he offers an argument for the possibility of integrating the two conflicting disciplines: Psychology (or science) and Theology. He presents several key questions relating to the possibility of the integration of these two disciplines. He begins his book with an exploration in which he relates and compares the ancient cities of both Athens and Jerusalem. He uses these two cities for his analyses, because according to him they are both relevant in history. An essential distinction between the cultures of Athens and Jerusalem could be in how they attained knowledge.
Giving further evidence in favour of the authenticity of the present site of the Holy Sepulchre, and pointing out some of the principal misconceptions contained in Fergusson's 'Holy Sepulchre' and 'The temples of the Jews. London: R. Bentley, 1880. —. Underground Jerusalem: an account of some of the principal difficulties encountered in its exploration and the results obtained. With a narrative of an expedition through the Jordan Valley and a visit to the Samaritans .
This essay will analyze the dialogue between Socrates and Euthryphro that takes place before Socrates’ trial with the gods of Athens. Though there were many concepts that were shared throughout the dialogue, I chose to discuss Socrates’ argument of piety, love, and what is just and unjust. Socrates’ dialogue with Euthryphro is one of many forms of tedious arguments that Socrates’ is able to present to his peers. This argument is a pivotal question in Socrates’ philosophy. It teaches us the meaning of free will and being able to independently decide what is truly pious or impious based on personal beliefs.