Plato's Phaedo on Ghosts: 80d-82c
Ghosts are souls that are somehow stuck in their involvement in worldly things, and so are not in the best condition. From both the Dixboro Ghost and the ghost in Hamlet , we conclude that these are stuck regarding revenge, or the injustice of their murders and revenge toward their murderers. In the Dixboro story, one mark of authenticity- aside from the question of what ghosts are- is that Martha undergoes a Purgatory, as well as revealing one and preventing another a murder
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On Ethical and Intellectual Virtue (In the Aristotelian Sense).
The Freudian site on Twitter posts this question which we pose to all, including psychiatry itself in its hypotheses or philosophical foundations: Replying to @DeepPsycho_HQ How do you learn from a person who is smarter than you? But bad people can have stronger calculative faculties. What is the right priority of human ends, purposes, goals? Humans are divided by this: Most envy and feel humiliated by wisdom. then attack it! Some, though, experience this and are called by th
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The Revelation- A Book on the Last Book of the Bible
The Revelation A reading and commentary on the Book of Revelation. The whole book is available on Wordpress free- minus some editing! It was below 5$ on Amazon- because I did not do promotion- soon, maybe. VBW provides a good, hunky cover! The Revelation is an attempted philosophic study of the last book of the Bible, intending to help those who seriously want to read the book. After collecting the pertinent points from elsewhere in the scripture, and some of the best t
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Read the Christmas Story from Scripture: Short and Long Versions!
Here are the long and short versions for reading the Christmas story on Christmas Eve: Read these in order for the scripture reading of the Christmas story Short Version The Annunciation Luke 1:26-1:50 From the Birth of Jesus to Nazareth Matthew 1:18-2:23 The Birth of Jesus Luke 2:1-20 Long Version Luke 1:5-1:80 Elizabeth and Zechariah; The Annunciation; John the Baptist Matt. 1:18-1:25 The Angel
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According to John Locke, Why is Murder Wrong?
The A.I answer: "According to John Locke, murder is wrong because it is a violation of the natural law . This law is discoverable by reason and teaches that all people, being equal and independent, have a duty to preserve their own life and, as much as possible, the rest of mankind." Further: " God's Property: Locke posits that individuals are the "workmanship" of God and are His property. As such, people do not have the absolute right to destroy themselves or others, as th
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Toward a Philosophic Psychology
Mark A. McDonald Chapter I: Psychology and Modern Science Psychology is the account or reasoning about the psyche: the life, soul or consciousness, including the thought or mind. The Oxford dictionary definition of Psychology is “The science of the nature, functions and phenomenon of the human soul.” There are many weighty attempts to deny the existence or causal significance of the soul. But we say, “It is that in which you are considering this question.” And the soul is th
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Preface To Toward A Philosophic Psychology
Preface To “Toward a Philosophic Psychology” It may be that humans are incapable of the study and healing of the soul, or that psychiatry is in practice impossible because we are not capable of it. This problem may be at the root of the contemporary crisis of psychiatry and the failure in general of modern psychology to improve much upon the traditions for the common care of souls. At present, most practitioners arising from the medical background, and taking on a 2 year stud
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