Duality of Body and Soul

The duality of body and soul is the view held by those who believe that the body is similar to the soul.

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Philosophically, the soul is understood as the mind.

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The mind pertains to physical and mental attributes.

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The mind and the brain are synonymous.

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Plato theorized that the body existed prior to the soul.

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Rene Descartes was famous for his “method of certainty” for his dualistic ideas of human nature.

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Reflection is an activity of thinking that happens inside of us.

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People who are not born physically complete do not necessarily have broken souls.

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The duality of body and soul shows that we are more than our physicality.

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The mind-body problem is a contemporary realization of the issues between the body and the mind.

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