Philosophy: The soul

What are the name of the three beliefs about the s

* Monism

* Materialism

* Dualism

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* John Hicks

* Richard Dawkins

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Plato said that the soul is immaterial belonging to the 'world of forms' as part of the 'form of good'

Plato stated that the soul is immortal because the souls entirnity lies in itself.

Soul is seperated from the body, because when a person dies there soul moves to another body.

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Aristotle believed that the soul is not a simple immortal substance and the soul doesn't go to another person's body.

He says the body and soul work together

He also says that all living things have a soul because the soul is the 'principle of life'

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The traditional view of the principle of life, a real seperate thing.

Dawkins rejects this.

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"intellectual or spiritual power, high development of the mental faculties. Deep feelings and sensitivity"

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