Plato Thought of It as a Thing Separate from the Body

Plato thought of it as a thing separate from the body.

A human living on earth consists of two parts, soul and body. The soul is the essential part of the human -

what makes me me. It is the part to which the mental life of humans pertains - it is the soul which thinks

and feels and chooses. Soul and body interact. Bodily states often cause soul states, and soul states often

cause bodily states. This view is known as substance dualism. It normally includes the view that the soul is

simple, that it does not have parts. If an object has parts, then one of those parts can have properties which

another part does not. But for any experience that I have, an auditory or visual sensation or thought, it

happens to the whole me. Plato also held that at death, soul and body are separated; the body decays while

the soul departs to live another life.Plato thought of it as a thing separate from the body.

A human living on earth consists of two parts, soul and body. The soul is the essential part of the human -

what makes me me. It is the part to which the mental life of humans pertains - it is the soul which thinks

and feels and chooses. Soul and body interact. Bodily states often cause soul states, and soul states often

cause bodily states. This view is known as substance dualism. It normally includes the view that the soul is

simple, that it does not have parts. If an object has parts, then one of those parts can have properties which

another part does not. But for any experience that I have, an auditory or visual sensation or thought, it

happens to the whole me. Plato also held that at death, soul and body are separated; the body decays while

the soul departs to live another life.Plato thought of it as a thing separate from the body.

A human living on earth consists of two parts, soul and body. The soul is the essential part of the human -

what makes me me. It is the part to which the mental life of humans pertains - it is the soul which thinks

and feels and chooses. Soul and body interact. Bodily states often cause soul states, and soul states often

cause bodily states. This view is known as substance dualism. It normally includes the view that the soul is

simple, that it does not have

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