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    Socrates believed that in addition to physical bodies, humans possess immortal souls that survive death. He viewed reality as consisting of two realms - one changing and imperfect, and the other unchanging and eternal, with the soul belonging to the latter. Plato elaborated on this idea by proposing that the soul has three parts - reason, physical appetite, and spirit - that must be balanced. Augustine believed souls strive for union with God through faith and reason. He initially viewed the body as inferior and enslaved to the soul but later saw them as attached "spouses", with the soul living on after death.

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    Socrates believed that in addition to physical bodies, humans possess immortal souls that survive death. He viewed reality as consisting of two realms - one changing and imperfect, and the other unchanging and eternal, with the soul belonging to the latter. Plato elaborated on this idea by proposing that the soul has three parts - reason, physical appetite, and spirit - that must be balanced. Augustine believed souls strive for union with God through faith and reason. He initially viewed the body as inferior and enslaved to the soul but later saw them as attached "spouses", with the soul living on after death.

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    Socrates believed that in addition to physical bodies, humans possess immortal souls that survive death. He viewed reality as consisting of two realms - one changing and imperfect, and the other unchanging and eternal, with the soul belonging to the latter. Plato elaborated on this idea by proposing that the soul has three parts - reason, physical appetite, and spirit - that must be balanced. Augustine believed souls strive for union with God through faith and reason. He initially viewed the body as inferior and enslaved to the soul but later saw them as attached "spouses", with the soul living on after death.

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    Socrates, Plato & Rene

    Descartes
    The concept of Knowing Thyself has been evolving since
    the time of Socrates, he was convinced that, in addition to our
    physical bodies, each person possesses and immortal soul that
    survives beyond the death of the body. Socrates metaphysical
    framework, reality is dualistic, made up of two dichotomous realms:
    One realm (Changeable, transient, and imperfect) and second realm
    (Unchanging, eternal, and immortal). Socrates’s metaphysical
    scheme may seem abstract and impractical but it has profound
    impact on the way the self is understood. Our bodies belongs to
    physical realm, they change, they’re imperfect and they die. Our
    souls, however belongs to the ideal realm: they are unchanging and
    immortal surviving the death of the body.

    Plato was for the most part committed to Socrates view of


    the essence of the self-the soul- as a unified, indissoluble, immortal
    entity that remains the same over time. He elaborates the concept
    of the soul he introduces the idea of a three-part soul: Reason (Our
    divine essence enable us to think deeply and achieve a true
    understanding of eternal truths), Physical Appetite (Our basic
    biological needs) and Spirit or Passion (Our basic emotion). These
    three elements of ourselves are in dynamic relationship with one
    another, sometimes working i9n concert, sometimes in bitter
    conflict. He believed that it is the responsibility of our Reason to sort
    things out and exert control, reestablishing a harmonious
    relationship among the three elements of ourselves. Plato believed
    that genuine happiness can only be achieved by people who
    consistently make sure that their Reason is in control of their Spirits
    and Appetites.

    St. Augustine’s philosophy a transcendent God, which is in


    the same way of Plato’s vision of immortal souls striving to achieve
    union with this eternal realm through intellectual enlightenment
    became transformed by Augustine into immortal souls striving to
    achieve union with God through faith and reason. Augustine
    believed that the physical body was both radically different from its
    inhabitant, the immortal soul. He considers the body a slave to the
    soul, and stated “The soul makes was with the body”. Augustine
    sought to develop a more unified perspective on body and soul, he
    came up that body is spouse of the soul which both are attached to
    one another. Thus, body and soul remain irreconcilably divided: the
    body to die and the soul to live eternally in a transcendent realm.
    St. Augustine
    St. Augustine philosophy a transcendent God,
    immortal souls striving to achieve union with
    God through faith and reason. St. Augustine
    believed that the physical body was both
    radically different from the inferior to its
    inhabitant, the immortal soul. He considers the
    body a “slave” to the soul, and sees their
    relation as contentious: “The soul makes war
    with the body”. He ultimately came to view the
    body as the “spouse” of the soul, with both
    attached to one another by a “natural
    appetite”. He conclude that the body is united
    with the soul, so that man may be entire and
    complete, is a fact we recognize on the
    evidence of our own nature.

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