Soul, mind and body

Question 1

Overview

Answer 1

The argument of wether there is a separate relationship between the body soul and mind and the concept seeks to question self identity.
The three man schools of thought that seek to answer this question are dualism, monism and materialism

Question 2

Plato’s main argument

Answer 2

Plato argues for the belief that our bodies are controlled by our ideas and senses which are unreliable and imperfect.
The body is always changing and will at some point decay and cease to exist.
Saw in the world around him that everything decays and theres no permanence visible.
From this he argues that the body is impermanent and decays after after death there must be something more permanent and he argued this was the soul.

Question 3

Differences in soul and body (plato)

Answer 3

He argues the soul comes from the world of the forms, and is immutable, immortal and permanent.
The body acts as a material prison for the soul which locks us through our sense (analogy of the cave)
The soul wants to be free and go back to the world of the forms.
He says we recognise the forms on this earth therefore (anamnesis) and prior knowledge didn’t come from anywhere else providing plato with the evidence that not only do we have a soul but the soul mist come from a separate realm therefore is separate from the physical body.

Question 4

Chariot analogy

Answer 4

Plato uses this analogy to describe his tripartite view of the human soul and how reason keeps our soul in balance.
In his analogy there are 2 horses and a charioteer.The white horse represents our spiritual element (spiritedness/emotions). The black horse represents our appetitive (bodily desires) element.