In Plato's Meno and Phaedo, Socrates argues for the immortality of the soul. His goal is to prove that the soul is eternal, meaning that one's soul exists before they are physically alive and continues to exist after they die. His motivation for this argument...
The doctrine of the Trinity is foundational to the Christian faith and helps us realize that God exists as three distinct, consubstantial persons– the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The first defense of the doctrine of the Trinity was in the early 3rd...
In this section of Plato’s Five Dialogues, Phaedo includes a narration of the dialogue between Socrates and his friends during his last hours in his cell. Socrates believed that as long as a philosopher’s soul is confined to their body, they will never be able...
The Theory of Forms and the Immortal Soul The idea of the immortality of the soul in relation to Plato’s theory of forms is akin to the idea of a base and a column. Plato builds upon the theory of forms and the idea of...
Art is a way that artists can tell stories. It carries memories from the past that are from personal experiences, historical events, and ancient civilizations. It is a way for an artist’s audience to learn, relive, and share the memories of the past through their...
Body and Soul Rene Descartes presents in his Meditations on First Philosophy the idea of dualism, the belief that the body and the soul exist separately from each other. Physical human bodies are composed of cells, tissue, blood, organs, skin, a brain and the like....
Plato battles that the spirit contains three fragments especially sensible, appetitive, and the vivacious. These parts also sort out the three spots of a fair framework. Solitary esteem consolidates keeping up the three zones in the correct change, where reason rules while hunger comes. As...
Sinners are dying daily and going to hell. You have to be touched supernaturally by God’s Spirit. Your salvation experience is powerful and life changing and you want to share it with others. Even newly converted believers can and must share his or her experience...
