appears from her exchanging letters with Descartes. At that time‚ Descartes wrote his “dualism” idea. Descartes claims that the soul and the body are separated and can’t be together. Descartes considers the body is material‚ and the soul is immaterial. This idea was not understandable to Elisabeth. Therefore‚ she wrote a letter to Descartes asking him for clarification about his idea of the soul and the body and how he considered it separated; therefore‚ Descartes answered her question‚ but the answer
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Is your mind the ultimate guide to happiness and truth‚ or is experiencing things for yourself the only way to find the true meaning of life? Or is living in a cave confined of your own ignorance your ideal way to live a happy life? In Descartes
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Transcendental Meditation: An explanation: "The Abundance of Benefits" Transcendental meditation is a simple‚ effortless mental technique which allows your mind to relax completely. During meditation you are able to gain a very profound rest‚ which is scientifically proven to be almost ten times as powerful as the rest you gain during your ordinary sleep. By having this deep rest you are able to loosen and release deep rooted stresses in your physiology. This technique is in no way a religion
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Lynda Taylor Professor Pentecost 11 February‚ 2015 Composition 1301 When the Bell rings for the deceased Meditation XVII (17) was a piece John Donne used to understand death by the same theories that many religious people use today. His thoughts before death were highly connected to god along with his town who dealt with death regularly. Donne’ religious influence is at fault for obscuring the reality
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In 1965‚ Rene Castellani was working as a radio promotions manager on his show “The Dizzy Dialer” in New Westminster‚ and slowly killing his wife‚ Esther Castellani‚ by poisoning her with arsenic. This had been going on for a period of several months with no one noticing‚ not even the doctors. Mrs. Castellani had gone to the hospital many times but doctors could not discover what was causing her illness. After having been sick for nine months Mrs. Castellani died on July‚ 11 1965. The autopsy
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back" and "the show" are both metaphors. The money represents time‚ while the show is representative of life. No matter what‚ in the end‚ we can’t get back time‚ so her speeding through time and never enjoying events of everyday life is making life difficult. She caught in between getting through life with a keen direction‚ and with just loving where shes at in her life. When she realizes it in the end‚ she wants time back "I want my money back‚" she ends with "Just enjoy the show." Just enjoy your
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Descartes argues in “Meditation VI” that he can exist without his body. What is his argument for this? Can you similarly imagine existing without a body? If so how? If not why not? Discuss. The concern of the following paper is on the most significant premises found in Cartesian dualism‚ namely the mind-body dualism. Proposed initialy by French philosopher-mathematician Rene Descartes‚ the claim for an independent relationship between the existence of intelligable and corporeal things
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Compare Anselm and Descartes The proof of the existence of God was a topic of discussion during the early centuries until the first philosophers of the world decided to root for the truth and show the existence of God. In proving the existence of God in certain ways the arguments oppose each other‚ support each other and also some arguments seem to be more convincing than the other. The empirical arguments and the rationalistic arguments are the two types of arguments used in proving God’s existence
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Meditation is a private devotion or mental exercise consisting of a number of techniques of concentration‚ contemplation‚ and abstraction to heighten spiritual awareness. It has also been defined as‚ "Consciously directing your attention to alter your state of consciousness." Meditation has been practiced around the world since the ancient times. It was used back then and still used today for spiritual growth (becoming more conscious). Meditation is mostly concerned about your attention‚ where
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Kurt McGann 11/12/11 Period 1 Mythology Hart Personal Meditations Section 1 Stoicism: “a systematic philosophy‚ dating from around 300 b.c.‚ that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature.” (dictionary.com). Marcus Aurelius (the author of “Meditations”) was a stoic as well as an emperor. The book he wrote was a collection of thoughts‚ things he advised himself to do‚ a piece reflecting his stoicism‚ and a personal diary of sorts. The kinds of things
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