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Who's view is this; The nature of human person is seen in the metaphysical [abstract dichotomy of between body and soul.
Who's view is this; The nature of human person is seen in the metaphysical [abstract dichotomy of between body and soul.
It is a partition of a
whole into two parts. In other
words, this couple of parts must
be jointly exhaustive:
everything must belong to one
part or the other, and mutually
exclusive.
nothing can belong
simultaneously to both parts.
Such a partition is also
frequently called a bipartition
It is a partition of a whole into two parts. In other words, this couple of parts must be jointly exhaustive: everything must belong to one part or the other, and mutually exclusive.
nothing can belong simultaneously to both parts. Such a partition is also frequently called a bipartition
Who's view is this; ''Body is a material,
therefore it is
Destructible''
''Soul is immaterial
hence it is
indestructible and
immutable''
Who's view is this; ''Body is a material, therefore it is Destructible''
''Soul is immaterial hence it is indestructible and immutable''
Who's view is this; ''Body’s existence is
dependent on the soul''
While…
''Soul’s existence is
independent on the
Body''?
Who's view is this; ''Body’s existence is dependent on the soul''
While…
''Soul’s existence is independent on the Body''?
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Who wrote TIMAEUS?
Who wrote TIMAEUS?
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According to TIMAEUS; “ The Gods made
the soul prior to the body
and more venerable in
birth and excellence to the
body’s mistress and
governor.” Who's view is this?
According to TIMAEUS; “ The Gods made the soul prior to the body and more venerable in birth and excellence to the body’s mistress and governor.” Who's view is this?
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According to Plato, The __________ drives that motion and activity of the person.
According to Plato, The __________ drives that motion and activity of the person.
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According to Plato the _______ guides the spiritual and appetitive.
According to Plato the _______ guides the spiritual and appetitive.
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According to Plato, the _______ drives the humans to experience; Thirst, Hunger, and
other physical wants
(negative Desire).
According to Plato, the _______ drives the humans to experience; Thirst, Hunger, and other physical wants (negative Desire).
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According to Plato:
The ________ drives
the human person
to experience:
emotional feelings
(positive desire)
According to Plato:
The ________ drives the human person to experience:
emotional feelings (positive desire)
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According to Plato:
The ______ enables the
human person to:
think, reflect, analyze,
comprehend, draw
conclusions.
According to Plato:
The ______ enables the human person to:
think, reflect, analyze, comprehend, draw conclusions.
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If reason (rational) can
successfully guide appetitive and
spiritual part of the soul then the
human person wilt attain a?
If reason (rational) can successfully guide appetitive and spiritual part of the soul then the human person wilt attain a?
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The soul is imprisoned in the
body and the only way to be
release is to experience what?
The soul is imprisoned in the body and the only way to be release is to experience what?
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If the body decomposes the soul with in it
would be released and goes back to the
world of forms
Plato’s doctrine of form: 2 kinds of
worlds; which one is mostly imperfect imitation.
If the body decomposes the soul with in it would be released and goes back to the world of forms
Plato’s doctrine of form: 2 kinds of worlds; which one is mostly imperfect imitation.
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The theory of Forms or
theory of Ideas is a
philosophical theory,
concept, or world-view,
attributed to ____, that the
physical world is not as real
or true as timeless, absolute,
unchangeable ideas and the
world of matter is not perfect.
The theory of Forms or theory of Ideas is a philosophical theory, concept, or world-view, attributed to ____, that the physical world is not as real or true as timeless, absolute, unchangeable ideas and the world of matter is not perfect.
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Matter (mostly imperfect and
imitation)
-Shadow imitates the shape and
figure of the things that passing
through the campfire.
Form (Perfect ideas,things and
persons)
- The things, animals and person
that passing through the camp fire
Matter (mostly imperfect and imitation)
-Shadow imitates the shape and figure of the things that passing through the campfire.
Form (Perfect ideas,things and persons)
- The things, animals and person that passing through the camp fire
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What is the message of the Allegory of the cave?
What is the message of the Allegory of the cave?
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What is the significance of Plato’s Theory of Form
(perfection)
What is the significance of Plato’s Theory of Form (perfection)
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_______ believes that there is no
Dichotomy between the person’s body
and soul
For _____ the body and soul is in
state of unity that they are inseparable.
We cannot talk about the soul form the
body and vice versa
_______ believes that there is no Dichotomy between the person’s body and soul
For _____ the body and soul is in state of unity that they are inseparable.
We cannot talk about the soul form the body and vice versa
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Where did the word 'soul' come from?
Where did the word 'soul' come from?
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According to his perspective; the soul is the principle of life
and any living thing that has
life has a soul.
It is the soul that causes the
body to live or the soul
animates the body.
According to his perspective; the soul is the principle of life and any living thing that has life has a soul.
It is the soul that causes the body to live or the soul animates the body.
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What is the animator of the body?
What is the animator of the body?
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What is the matter to the soul?
What is the matter to the soul?
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The ___ is the form to the
body, while the body is the
matter to the soul.
The ___ is the form to the body, while the body is the matter to the soul.
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He believes that everything is
made up of matter and form:
Matter and form = inseperable
We cannot talk about any
object if either of these
entities is not present.
Therefore body and soul
constitutes the human person
as a whole.
He believes that everything is made up of matter and form:
Matter and form = inseperable
We cannot talk about any object if either of these entities is not present.
Therefore body and soul constitutes the human person as a whole.
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Aristotle’s perspective
“Anything that has life has a soul”
Therefore plants and animals (in
addition to humans have souls)
Match the 3 Levels of souls.
Aristotle’s perspective
“Anything that has life has a soul”
Therefore plants and animals (in addition to humans have souls)
Match the 3 Levels of souls.
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All animals possess all sense, that of touch;
anything that has a sense is acquainted with
pleasure and pain, with what is pleasant and
what is painful; and anything that is
acquainted with these has desire, since desire
is an appetite for pleasant.” This is an example of?
All animals possess all sense, that of touch; anything that has a sense is acquainted with pleasure and pain, with what is pleasant and what is painful; and anything that is acquainted with these has desire, since desire is an appetite for pleasant.” This is an example of?
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Capable of Grow,
Reproduce, feed, feel and
think and reason out.
Reasoning is the highest form
of soul present only in
Humans.
He concludes that “Human
person is just an animal that
thinks.”
“Man is a _____ animal”
Capable of Grow, Reproduce, feed, feel and think and reason out.
Reasoning is the highest form of soul present only in Humans.
He concludes that “Human person is just an animal that thinks.”
“Man is a _____ animal”
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What is the significance of Plato and Aristotle's ideas.
What is the significance of Plato and Aristotle's ideas.
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Plants have soul, They possess the 3 basic
requirements for something to be called
“living being”.
Capacity to grow
Capacity to reproduce
Capacity to feed itself
But plants do not share high levels of soul
called sensitive and rational
Plants have soul, They possess the 3 basic requirements for something to be called “living being”.
Capacity to grow
Capacity to reproduce
Capacity to feed itself
But plants do not share high levels of soul called sensitive and rational
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