Essays on Physical Body

Does the Theory of the Tripartite Soul Give Us Good Reason to be Just?

Introduction The well-known philosopher of Ancient Greece, Plato, presented the theory of the tripartite soul. However, the ideas, which consider the components of the soul to depend on the social system or have an impact on the human behavior, can as well belong to another genius of the same time, Socrates. Plato and Socrates, as two of the most prominent minds of the ancient times, questioned the features of the human personality under the terms of the natural instincts and the characteristics, which all people get with birth. In fact, all the thoughts of these two masters stand on ...

Quality nursing services should be patient-centric to ensure that the care provided addresses all the patient’s needs and concerns. Spirituality is increasingly taking a major role in nursing practice to take care of the spiritual needs of patients (Connell, 2012). Spiritual beliefs play an important role in the way patients and family members cope with illness. This essay evaluates spiritual disciplines in the context of nursing care. Spiritual disciplines refer to characters and behavioral patterns learned from a spiritual perspective but applied in everyday life to promote spiritual growth (Willard, 1991). What is your experience with spiritual disciplines? ...

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The worldview of a person is their view and understanding of their entire existence, including the world they live in. Religious beliefs reflectcolor a person’s worldview very strongly. In a comparative look, Christianity and Sikhism have some commonality as monotheistic approaches to the world, in the necessity for moral and ethical behavior that is good, in seeking truth, and in serving an all-knowing God Wwho imparts some of that knowledge to mankind. However, there are noticeable differences in beliefs about death and afterlife, human definition, and the meaning of human history. These beliefs structure their worldviews ...

Using Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Creation of Naturing Life

Nature life is a beauty perfect in the eyes of people. In fact, Coco Chanel quoted the words, “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous” (Armour 1). The pursuit of beauty is a topic always applicable to life among women, even to those who lived thousands of years ago. Thus, there is always the question on how women of long ago maintain their beautiful appearance, as reflected in the Chinese customs, which is apparently very different from the ways of the modern times that uses science and technology. Women of the olden times did not have access ...

Of course Descartes’ assertion is that to us, our mind is easily known than our body. He offers an example of the wax piece that is observed both in solid and liquid forms while supporting this particular idea. His claim that perception cannot be seen, touched or imagined but rather an inspection done by the part of the mind a lone sounds convincing especially as he points out the challenges in relying on physical body senses in understanding the nature exhibited by the wax. Basing on the arguments that are brought out in Meditation II, I tend to contend ...

Background- Six Blind Men and the Elephant is the story of six blind men who view an elephant differently. As described in the video (Kanika24fps), they touch the different parts of an elephant and form their own opinion about the same. They all have different views about the elephant and argue that their views are more correct than others. The story has a strong link with a religion. Like an elephant, there are different viewpoints on religion. This leads to arguments and fights. Instead of arguing, if all sit together, realise their limited knowledge and try to make it ...

Buddhism is a way of life that has always fascinated me. The principles of Buddhism and the philosophical elements have always attracted me to know more about the religion. This paper is an effort to elaborate why Buddhism is of interest to me as a student in religious studies. Buddha Shakyamuni is believed to be the founder of Buddhism. He lived and preached in the Indian subcontinent some two thousand five hundred years back. From that time onwards, a huge number of people from around the world have adopted the unpolluted spiritual route of Buddhism and the preaching based ...

The Lord of Death, in the Indian epic of Mahabharata, asked his son about the most astounding aspect of the present world. The boy responded, “It is that all around us people can be dying and we don’t believe it can happen to us” (Halifax 6). Such typical refusal to accept death’s inevitability is particularly common in the modern Western society. Generally, the mainstream philosophers shunt any interest in paranormal matters like spirit possession, extra-sensory perceptions, spirit mediumship, reincarnation, and out-of-body experiences into the dark corners of their profession (Hales 335). Eminent philosophers like Antony Flew and ...

We at Dualism Incorporated propose that we in fact hold the correct Metaphysical/Epistemological view. We assert that the spiritual (mental) and the physical i.e bodies exist in unison but are made of different elements, and reside in different plains of existence, and that humans are made of both components. The mind and body are separate entities that exist as one and have sway over each other.

It goes without saying that we understand that the world we live in is populated by physical bodies that are made of particles we know as atoms and these bodies are subject ...

Review of Physical Images in South African Theatre

Mark Fleishman’s article “Physical Images in the South Africa” explores the meaning of theatre in the African context and the Western context. The author tends to relate the views held by renowned personalities in the art such as Lecoq. In the view of this critic, the world is a theatre of incessant movement and to frank, other than being arena for recitation, the theatre must comprise of elements such as color, complexity, and rhythm.

Although artists agree that the physical body forms part of the process, in South African theatre it serves as part of the text. Moreover, ...

Mind is used to refer to the human consciousness that usually originates in the brain and can be manifested through thought, emotion, memory and imagination. It usually influence both the physical and mental behavior. It plays a very important role in taking control of the mental health. Care should be taken in order to ensure that good health is maintained all the time.

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The body is used to refer to the physical body of living organisms. It is used in connection with the appearance of an organism. The body is considered in behavior and therefore as little valued as compared ...

Part I: Descartes, Hume, and Kant

Question One Descartes conceives the self by application of the principles of dualism. He says that, the self cannot exist on its own. He believes that, the understanding of human beings has a direct link with God. Human beings are as a result of metaphysical events that relate the mind with the idea of God. Through God’s intervention, people are able to identify themselves. The human mind makes decisions that are directly proportional to the inspiration from Gog and the cognitive responses that follow the directives from God. In essence, Descartes goes on to add that, at no point ...

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There are different problems that are in the world that are created by global warming. Most of the problems that are brought by the global warming factor have been with human beings for a few decades and they have developed ways of dealing with these problems. The different problems created by global warming have been clearly identified and different groups have come out strongly to search for the solutions and suggested solutions to these problems. The chief problem of global warming is the increase in temperatures in the planet due to the trapping of the carbon dioxide gas. Scientists explain ...

Film studies: What dreams may come

‘What dreams may come’ is a melodramatic film by Ron Bass with Robbie Williams in a lead role of Christy as a main character, featuring the whole set of themes including love, father-son relationships, death, madness and Heaven and Hell as religious notions. The first thing a spectator’s attention is turned to is the problem of death and afterlife. The story conveys the author’s view of what Heaven and Hell look like. Basically, it can be divided into two logical parts – time when Christy explores his new home and the period when he goes for a rescue of his beloved Ann. ...

The mind and body problem has originated with Rene Descartes. The function of the mind is to think while the body occupies space. The mind as a thinking matter and the body is the extended matter, respectively. There are two ways between the two distinct types of matter; certainly, the mind affects the body through action and the body affects the mind through perception. In information philosophy, the mind is viewed as immaterial information in the brain, an information processor biologically. For example, the hardware is the brain and mind is the software. It implies that the mind is pure ...

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BIOL/RELT421-Issues in Science and Society- Winter 2014 Term Paper The origins of the universe has been a subject of many theories and explanations (Linder, 2003). Some believe in the scientific explanations and the Big Bang Theory is the foremost of them (Linde, Linde & Mezhlumian, 1994). Many, on the other hand, believe in the creation as what was told in the Holy Bible (Van Till, Stek, Snow, & Young, 1990). This paper will portray the notable characters that shaped the theories and beliefs about the origins of the Earth. Hugh Ross, Leonard Brand, and James Gibson are the three ...

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.

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Several individuals have explained the origins of the universe. Some believe in the scientific explanation, while others believe in theories and evolution. Many, on the other hand, believe in the creation as what was told in the Holy Bible. This paper will inform the readers about the notable persons who have theories and beliefs about the origins of the earth. Hugh Ross, Leonard Brand, and L. James Gibson are the three key people who have significant contribution in explaining the origins of the universe in relation to the bible story. The website of the Reasons to Believe stated ...

Personal Philosophy Mind Map

Personal Nursing Philosophy Mind Map: Comfort Theory Personal Philosophy Mind Map: Comfort Theory Introduction The group of related concepts in nursing practice is commonly referred to as Nursing Theories. The standards of nursing practices have greatly evolved through the years with the help of new knowledge drawn from the concepts of several nursing theories. Earlier nursing practices may have appeared effective, but the changing dynamics of care in relation to the continuous evolvement of health problems required a more focused nursing approach. The metaparadigms in nursing encompasses four concepts that drive the development of nursing practices. These ...

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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 having followers estimated ...

Personal Philosophy

Personal Philosophy on Nursing The profession of nursing is centrally focused on the provision of care using artistic and scientific skills to improve the health of human beings within their environments. This meta-paradigm concept as postulated by Fawcett defines the profession as a correlation of these terms: the environment, the human being, health and nursing; to bring out an integral perspective of wholesomeness. This opening statement may seem technical but in its simplistic construction, it basically means that nursing is more than just administering treatment to the sick. I do believe, therefore, that any philosophical underpinning must be able ...

Interpretative phenomenological analysis: mental Illness

Abstract There are various anomalous experiences reported as enhancing instead of showing poor mental health. The experiences are out of body where the person’s body and self are said to be phenomenologically separated. The objective of the study was to look into these experiences and their after effects. A phenomenological, idiographic, qualitative approach was used. Participants were three individuals who took part in face to face interviews that were semi structured. Interpretative phenomenological analysis found out that off body experiences occurred during personal significance times. They were linked to the lives of participants beyond the occurrence point ...

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Adolescence is a stage that occurs between eleven and eighteen years. It is a critical time during the development of young boys and girls (Santrock, 2005). The stage marks the onset of a period when the youths start to undergo changes in their physical body. Menstrual cycles begin in females while the males develop a strong physique and coerce voice (Malina, 2004). The physical changes that occur among adolescents force them to behave maturely to reflect their progression towards adulthood. The dietary choice made by the youth during this stage of development plays a key role in determining their health.

Piaget’s Development Theory

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In its first three centuries, Christianity began to separate from Judaism while also selectively incorporating the Jewish Scriptures and laws that it regarded as most useful, as is clear from the Didache. There were Gnostic Christians who were prepared to reject Judaism completely, along with the books of the Bible that finally became known as the Old Testament in the 4th Century. They regarded the Genesis Creator of the Hebrew Bible as a false and evil God and also denied the humanity and Jewish heritage of Jesus and his earliest followers. Orthodox Christianity did not accept the Gnostic argument that ...

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Jesus of Nazareth was a Palestine Jew who grew up in Galilee, an important center of the militant Zealots and resistance to the rule of the Romans and their local collaborators like the Herodians and the Temple priests in Jerusalem. Contrary to later interpretations, his original message was not intended to undermine the traditional Jewish religion, but to emphasize that the Kingdom of God was at hand and that his disciples should love God and one another. His commandments were for the Jews to love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, mind and strength and to love ...