Aristotles Notion Of Body And Soul

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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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