Soul College Essays Samples For Students

Not many thinkers in the history of the western civilization have been more cited than Plato. For the most part of the middle ages, the majority of lines of thought were developed around his philosophical arguments. Either to defend him or to contradict him, the new ideas could not get rid of his influence. Christianity was almost uniquely influenced by the works of Plato until at least the thirteenth century .
One of the most important parts of Plato´s works is his theory of Ideas. This was an attempt to make a distinction between two things that were his Continue reading...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the reflections drawn upon the reading of the poem ‘A dialogue between the Soul and the Body’ which was written by Andrew Marvell and published after his death in 1681. Andrew Marvell is considered to be one of the representative poets of Metaphysical poetry. Metaphysical poetry which arose within the 17th century is a field of poetry which is characterized by specific characteristics of a so-called metaphysical nature. Poets focus on using symbols and conceits in order to approach issues and questions related to the metaphysical nature of human Continue reading...

Hinduism and Buddhism are two of the word’s well known polytheistic religions. They are similar in some ways, yet different in others. Both Hinduism and Buddhism are originally from the Indian subcontinent. They share a long but uncomfortable relationship with each other. Hinduism is a process of understanding the soul of a human being. It is all about understanding the inner soul or being, hence you are able to understand existence of a being from within. In order to attain the highest life process, you need to remove all manner of distractions from your life so as to Continue reading...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the analysis of Bassanio’s character in the Shakespearean play ‘The Merchant of Venice’. The ‘Merchant of Venice’ proves the magique talent of Shakespeare to depict the mystery and paradox which characterizes the mysterious complexity of the human soul. The aim of this essay is to prove the power and talent of Shakespeare to shed light in the mysterious maze of the paradoxes of the human soul through the reflections drawn upon the reading of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ and the specific character of Bassanio. The essay will prove Continue reading...

Philosophy

Plato has provided several arguments on immortality. He has described the immortality of soul. Most of his arguments are, however present in Phaeodo-Socratic dialogue, The Meno and The Republic. Regarding immortality of souls, there are four arguments in Phaedo. The arguments are known as the Cyclical Argument, the Recollection Argument, the Affinity Argument and the Final Argument. According to the Cyclical Argument, all the things arise from their opposite, as the opposite of life is death so life has must come from the death. Moreover, Plato has explained that this should be the case and anything else would finish Continue reading...

Introduction

The Socratic argument for reincarnation arises out of a discussion amongst Socrates with Pythagorean philosophers who had gone to visit him while in incarceration. The discussion arose as Socrates faced death through execution. He reasoned that philosophers ought to look forward to death rather than fear it. The ultimate act of death meant that the philosopher would finally rid his soul of the body, which is a major distraction in the soul’s quest for pure knowledge unaltered by the deception of our senses. Since our senses are imperfect and deceive us, Socrates advances the argument that the best Continue reading...

Real things possess characteristics that are used to determine whether the things are real or not. These are the attributes that define the existence of the real things. Based on the principle of non-contradiction i.e. there is no any situation that is both true and false; in this case, there cannot be real and unreal things at the same time. Everything has to take one side. Animate things are those with one soul that is nutritive and guides basic functions of the body. The actions that show some degree of nutritive, rational functioning and sensitivity are as a result Continue reading...

Individual Morality in Plato’s Republic

While Plato’s Republic is a text often studied for its ideas of justice and society, Plato also offers in The Republic a framework for individual morality. Though Plato’s work begins as an argument between Socrates and Polemarchus discuss individual morality as representation of their beliefs of a well-ordered state, their discussion can be taken and applied to a individual system of morality that still applies as a viable framework for morality today.
Plato insisted upon order in all things. In order to have a well ordered state, one needed to have well ordered citizens within the state. Continue reading...

At the start of his research, Descartes considers everything that he can in all probability doubt as fault. He employs the thought of his step method to assist philosophy resolve basic difficulties. He makes it clear that searching for the truth in science would clarify the relationship between science and philosophy. He explains that both science and philosophy rely on each other in order to find solutions to basic questions for philosophy.
Descartes gives evidences of the existence of the soul and God. Considering the nature of dreams and the untrustworthiness of the senses, He happens to be aware Continue reading...

If we are going to search for the final answer of life, it means that we are searching for the purpose of our existence, for the meaning of life. The inquiry regarding the purpose of the life on Earth has been a central topic in our history. It is considered to be an insightful metaphysical inquiry. It is a problem that can affect everyone in upon inquiry in whichever aspect.
Answers about the meaning of life can be ‘happiness’, ‘love’ or ‘to live truthfully’. However, if we are going to answer the question metaphysically, we should involve some philosophical Continue reading...

In his presentation, Benner (2003) argues strategic pastoral counseling and psychological advise share a long history in help-seeking endeavors. Yet, distinctions arise betwwen both areas when pastoral counseling is adequately placed in a broader context of soul care. According to Benner, five forms of soul care should be integral to any Christian church life namely, pastoral ministry, pastoral care, pastoral counseling and spiritual direction. This reaction on pastoral counseling lays particular emphasis on friendship as a cardinal precept in community-based vis-à-vis pastoral-based counseling in light of recent developments of community concepts and expanding peer sharing and learning strategies.
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The Core Problems

Emma, 19 year old, has requested me to talk to her parent about her progress in life, whereby, she claims that she is old enough to make her own decisions, but she wants their continued support-Emma is planning to leave college and move to Australia to live with her soul mate who she met on the internet. I will, therefore, have Emma respond to a couple of questions before meeting her parents- to discuss Emma’s position. I will also discuss with her, Emma, the core problems that she could end up facing as a result of her act- Continue reading...

The Soul Selects her Society

The poem “the soul selects her society” by Emily Dickinson is centered on the personal preferences of a person. It also tries to portray the feelings of superiority that a person harbors whenever in a scenario that requires her/his choice. It essentially tries to show how the self despite attractive surrounding conditions only influences decisions.
First, she uses words that signify power. These words include “emperor,” “chariots” and divine. The author uses these words to bring out the authority the persona has in the poem. The persona is unmoved by all these features which show that the actual power Continue reading...

In human nature inherent desire to Eternity. Being held hostage by this fleeting material world, man, always striving for Eternity. The one, who will listen to your inner voice, will hear how that voice again and again tells him about Eternity. Even if a person has been granted the universe, it does not quench the thirst for eternal life, for which it was created. The natural human desire for happiness is due to the constant objective reality and the fact that eternal life is real.
Like many other world religions, Islam preaches faith in an afterlife (Akhirah). In the Continue reading...

The theory of recollection is illustrated by Plato in a dialogue format between Socrates and an inquisitive student / slave Meno. The key idea highlighted in the Socrates' dialogue was knowledge is innate and is reminded to the soul through search or arduous inquiry. According to Socrates, all knowledge is known from previous experience, and we already know everything. He argued that from birth all knowledge is present with the soul; the person recalls or identifies the facts from memory when the person is exposed to the phenomenon. The view point of recognizing the knowledge is considered as the Continue reading...

Man is born to do great things. Quite often, while climbing the ladder of success he is bound to feel stuck. Awareness of his own self helps him realize his true potential and take control of the situation rather than giving in during such testing times. Besides, getting connected to one’s higher self through self-awareness helps in aligning his thoughts and actions toward his goal, no matter how unfavorable the circumstances may be. This article discusses how a manager can be successful by continuously focusing his mind on his higher self-awareness, and learning from day-to-day life experience.

Awareness and Success

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The Elizabethan period was a phase of industrial development, scientific improvements, commercial growths and eventually of material affluence. The period was intensely categorized by an unending hunger for knowledge, insatiable yearning for power and a fervent aspiration to disrupt the chains of human restrictions. Ambition can be fatal if one would pertain it to the obsessive hunger for an extraordinary power and knowledge practices the focal point of the entire plays of Marlowe. Doctor Faustus is the piece by Christopher Marlowe which arranges with the yearning for tremendous mortal knowledge which effects the everlasting punishment of the existence of Continue reading...

Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi is a visionary Islamic Persian who lived in the 13th century. His family are known as scholars and spiritual leaders. He was born in a Persian town called Wakhsh which is now part of Tajikistan. He lived his life searching for inner peace, love and purity of the soul which are the contents of almost all of his poems. Although he is an Islam by religion, his writings showed his advocacies in religious pluralism. Rumi did not write any poem suggesting the hierarchy of truths. Rather, his poems are mostly about finding peaceful life by being Continue reading...

Hinduism is one of the Indian religions, which is often described as a totality of religious traditions that have emerged in the India and have common features. Hinduism has its roots in Vedic, Harappa and Dravidian civilization, which is why it is called one of the oldest religions of the world or event the oldest. In Hinduism there are many scriptures and books that are divided into two categories: Sruti and Smriti. Important Hindu texts are the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, "Ramayana", "Mahabharata", "Bhagavad Gita" and Agamas. According to Hinduism, there is Brahman - the supreme spirit, the Continue reading...

Philosophy

Introduction
In many ancient civilizations, it was a firm belief that the sun revolves round the earth and nobody dare to doubt the belief for centuries until Nicolaus Copernicus, an astronomer of the Renaissance period doubted on this age old belief and put forward his revolutionary work stating that it is the earth that revolves round the sun. Lawhead has rightly stated that “Doubt stimulates us to action and seeks its own elimination by means of inquiry, which is a process of finding the way to a new and more adequate belief” (p.495). Actually, people refrain from doubting landmark Continue reading...

What is the connection between the notion of SOUL and the individual’s sense of SELF-identity?

In order to find a connection between the notion of soul and the individual’s sense of self-identity, it is very important to know their definitions. Soul has been defined in various ways by religion and philosophers. It is claimed that a soul is the essence or immaterial aspect that human beings have that show their individuality and humanity. It is stated that the mind and self are synonymous with the soul (Chalmers). There are others who believe that a soul is immortal, therefore, cannot die. Individual’s sense of self-identity has been the subject of scrutiny by many Continue reading...

“To say that one waits a lifetime for his soul mate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soul mates, which takes a lifetime to perfect, ” said Criss Jami in Venus in Arms. To say that I had waited for my soul mate for a lifetime would be a falsehood; it would be closer to the truth to say that he was always loitering in my thoughts, though I knew not who he might be.
I was a sophomore student in my Continue reading...

Hell in Muslims Perception

Muslims have the idea of ​​Hell as a place of residence and the unbelieving sinners from among those whom Allah will not forgive. Sources of information about hell Muslims drawn from the Koran and the words of the prophet Muhammad. In hell, there are guards - 19 harsh angels, and chief guardian of Hell - a mighty angel Malik. As follows from the words of the prophet, Heaven and Hell have already been created, but people will enter into them only after the Last Judgment.
In Hell waiting torment fire, which is many times more painful earthly fire, drinks Continue reading...

Over many centuries, there has been a lot of credence concerning about where do our soul be gone after death or many people referred this as “life after death”. This topic has caused a huge amount of controversy, and has been strongly debated over many years. Clarence Darrow, who has been believed to be an atheist claimed that it is hard to believe that a soul exists after death simply there is no one who has taken a journey to the afterlife and come back to tell us about it. What Clarence forgets is that life after death is Continue reading...

This paper is an attempt to discuss and explicate the concept of ‘justice’ in Plato’s work, ‘The Republic’. To achieve the paper’s objective, the paper gives an overview of ‘The republic’; then it continues with defining justice and its significance.
‘The Republic’ is Plato’s most popular work on its full-grown philosophical outlook. It is a complete file of the most basic behaviors and ideologies found in human life. Plato explained the value and the nature of justice as well as the other related virtues as they emerge together in the formation of the society and in Continue reading...

According to Aristotle, soul is what makes things have life (Philosophy of the religion, n.d). He further held that there are three degrees of soul derived from the nested hierarchy of functions i.e. growth, location, and intellect. From these functions, therefore, Aristotle comes up with Nutritive soul, Sensitive soul, and rational soul. He further claims that the soul is not separable from the body (Aristotle on the Soul, 2004). On the other hand, Plato held that the soul is the main driving force in the body. It is what guides the mind creating and harmonious state of the mind ( Continue reading...

Essay # 2 – Definition (the number of the essay topic you chose)

What is death?
Every person at least once in a life has asked oneself: What will happen with me after I die? Why do people have to pass away at all? From the physical side the death is considered as a phenomenon, when one’s heart stops beating, blood circulation and brain activity cease and the last breathe is exhaled. Moreover, if a more practical stand is taken, it becomes obvious that no life is possible without death. On our planet everything is organized in the cynical cycle of life where every day a creature passes away to give Continue reading...

Sonnet 43 entitled “How do I Love Thee” is a poem with 14 lines that is written in iambic pentameter. It follows the a-b-b-a, a-b-b-a pattern of rhymes that is typical to Italian sonnets. It also follows the form which consists of the octet that is the first eight lines and the sestet that is the final six lines. The theme of the poem could be recognized in the octet, and the sestet consists of the conclusion of the poem together with the poem’s resolution. The poem consists of hyperbole and exaggeration for describing love as being eternal ( Continue reading...

Question 3: Why do you think a belief in a soul is universal?

Different anthropologists, based from their research findings, explain that there is no culture where the concept of soul does not exist (Stein and Stein, 163). Nevertheless, there are differences on how one culture deals with the myths and concepts of soul among cultures. The concept of the soul is therefore universal.
People recognize the occurrence of life and death. Some believes that life is a cycle and it is recurring. Soul is a concept that something aside from the dead body, remains after death (Stein and Stein, 163). Since everyone or every people on different cultures have witnessed life Continue reading...

Question 1 -John Stuart Mill on Freedom

Question one on freedom as described by John Stuart Mill makes sense to me because the idea of individuality subjectively fits the personal view of a quality type of life. When each person remains free developing into the person they can become according to personal feelings, perspectives, and importantly the creative process this inherently contributes to a society where freedom to do so benefits everyone and prevents what he views as social stagnation. Therefore John Stuart Mill idea of freedom allows the best possible development of people individually and people as a society evolving independently and collectively toward a Continue reading...

Philosophy

My Definition of Beauty
I have a burning desire to share my personal vision of beauty. I will provide my definition of it. Moreover, I will try to uncover what it takes to experience different kinds of beauty starting from the easiest to percept – the sensuous one, and ending with the transcendental beauty, the understanding of which requires disciplined noble soul and pure mind.
First of all we need to distinguish between material beauty or so called “beauty of things”, which can be perceived by our senses, and the ideal one or intellectual beauty, which can be comprehended by Continue reading...

How have you been? Has the weather been kind to you this season, my delicate being, to which I devote my heart and soul? I do hope you are feeling well and that you are happily strolling on the city’s streets and that your tongue has the joy of tasting sweet, delicious delicacies, which, by no means, have the same warmth, sweetness and gentle features you hold.
I hope your loving existence in this world and the reception of your kind words may bring some moments of peace to this tortured soul of mine. I’m writing to Continue reading...

Plato argues about justice in the soul based on the society, politics, and personal justice. In his books, The Republic and Five dialogues, he argues about political justice as being one unit, in terms of the body of the government. He says that, politics is like part of the body whereby each part has influence over the other. He also looks at justice in terms of society, which is made up of three main groups of people that include producers, who are craftsmen, artisans and farmers in this case. Then, he also talks of the auxiliaries who are helpers Continue reading...

Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who became the key figure in the story The Hobbit: an unexpected journey and played a significant role in The Lord of the rings trilogy. He was an ordinary hobbit who lived in his hole, used to have several tasty meals a day and had a habit of smoking a pipe. However, Bilbo, as every hobbit, has something common with an average human – his character is changeable as well as humans. This essay is devoted to the issue of how Bilbo’s character was changing since the moment he found the ring and until Continue reading...

Cindy Sherman, born in 1954, is a widely acknowledged artist in the field of contemporary art whose work has caused great admiration on behalf of both her audience and her critics who seem to have found in the pieces of her work the person who has managed to enter the secrets hiding in the nature of human identity. Sherman appears to have devoted most of her work in unrevealing the invisible layers lying in people’s identity which is well – hidden behind their fear and / or hesitation to show who they really are or to accept for themselves Continue reading...

Salvation is one of the key elements in religious teachings. Perhaps, it is considered the ultimate objective of believers, despite the type and nature of their religion. Generally, salvation is described as being protected or caved from harm. It also means being delivered from terrible circumstances. However, in the religious context, salvation is described as the saving of the soul from sins as well as its repercussions. In religious studies, studying salvation is described as soteriology. Particularly, that study is associated with relative study of how various religious practices regard salvation as well as how they consider it is Continue reading...

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Plato’s Republic and J.S. Mill
1. The success of any society relies greatly on its strategies or approaches of facilitating and ensuring justice and morality. In the Republic, we note Plato emphasizes on the moral health of the community. His other concern was the art, which he was of the opinion it influenced one’s soul through its persuasions. He observed that citizens exposed to symbols of evil they gradually embrace the evil into their souls especially, if guidance or direction is lacking. For instance, animals grazing in the pasture of poisonous Continue reading...

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I certify that the contents of this assignment are written in my own words and are the result of my own research and study. This assignment does not contain material copied from any source unless properly footnoted and included in the bibliography.

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Religion is diverse throughout the world and entails a collection of systems of culture and beliefs which tend to relate mankind to a particular existence order. Hinduism religion mainly dominant in the Nepal and Indian region includes Smartism, Shaivism and a variety of other traditions in place. It is the third most popular religion in the world Continue reading...

The search for love and a soul mate has been taken online with the advent of online dating. Today sites like PerfectMatch.com, e-harmony and Chemistry.com have emerged to take advantage of this ever increasing need for love and the fact that more people today have access to the internet either through a personal computer or a mobile phone. The main question however is, does online dating work? There is an overwhelming amount of evidence that shows that for most people it does not work and that conventional dating works better than online dating.
Online dating is characterized by a Continue reading...

Poetry can be defined as a genre of art that has been in existence since the beginning of mankind. It has grown and evolved as the human beings grows, just like any other form of art has got different opinions depending on the people analyzing or even writing it. Differing opinions have been given on the perception of how poetry should be and the ideas it is conveying. Artists represent what they what happens in the society and perceive art to be a mirror of the society. Poetry has changed with time and is being influenced by the events Continue reading...