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Aristotles Notion Of Body And Soul - Term Papers

Aristotles Notion Of Body And Soul

Aristotele’s notion of body and soul, and the opinion of this essay’s writer.
What is Aristotele’s notion of body and soul?
According to Aristotle, everything in the world is divided between superior and inferior. Man is superior to the animals, the male to the female, and the soul to the body. “The soul is more noble than our possesions or our bodies”. Therefore, man should act through his soul, and not through his body. The soul services the greater good. If a man does not act from his soul, and thus lets his body rule the sole, he is not worthy of politics, and is a ‘natural slave’. A natural slave is born to slavery. For him slavery is ...

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when the soul is more important than the body. For example, a man sees a very beautiful, married, woman. His body would tell him to try and have sexual intercourse with this woman. In this case it is good that his soul would tell him that committing this action would be wrong, because, after all, this woman is married. Also, in general, people who listen to their head, heart and soul, and sometimes do certain things they do not like for the greater good, turn out to be much more successful than people who only do what they want to and feel like.
On the other hand, rationality is not always the right path. Sometimes it is good to be kind to the body. Part of the joy in life is to do enjoyable things which are totally irrational. Some other times, it might be inevitable. If one, for example wants to live, than this is the most important thing. It is therefore not important in a life-or-death situation what the most rational action is. Only what, the best action is. It is also ...

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Added: 9/14/2008 02:02:16 AM
Category: Biographies
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