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Submitted by joubin3 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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What Is A Person
What Is A Person?
My person relates to Descartes' view of a person. We are a combination of the mind and body, and not one or the other. Both substances are existing to us because we perceive and notice their potential as we live. We understand that these two substances exist physically (body) and mentally (mind). Descartes also added the soul as another feature of a person. The soul's existence is just as much real as the mind and body. According to Descartes, if you believe there is a God then you must believe in having a soul. Our soul is a little piece of God in us because our soul belongs to and is a part of God. The soul is within us and still exists after the death of the body. It never disappears, instead can go off to what we call heaven or hell. My person's soul is defined by the same means of Descartes' person, but is further explained by Hypatia's beliefs. The soul is the "eye within us", and we must find a way to get in touch with this spiritual nature to become closer to "the one" which she determined as being the ultimate source of all reality. We probably recognize the one' as God or some other symbol in our religions or beliefs.
I believe that a person is the combination of the mind, body and soul, which defines Descartes view of a person, although I believe in other ways of explaining these three aspects of a person. Each substance depends on the other to exist. The reality behind a person is not only what is seen on the outside as what materialists presume, but it is true, we are a form of matter and we are made up of different pieces of material. Though this is only a shred of what we really are. If a body is just what we are, how do we explain thinking, feeling and sensing? These can't be categorized under matter because they physically do not exist. These components of a person build up everything that is contained inside us, specifically your mind. For instance, your eyes may see something, but how do...
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