Do We Have Souls? :: essays research papers

Do We Have Souls?On the question of Do we have souls and Can they survive after death,this generator will attempt a reasoned explanation and defense of my views to thisphilosophical question. After careful explanation of my own views , thoughts,and careful examination of the selected materials for this paper I have come tothis conclusion unlike the conundrum of free will, the question of human beingshaving souls and their survival after the tangible body is deceased, is not aneasily argued topic. The problem of free will as an example can be morerationally discussed and analyzed through tangible means such as patterned andlearned fashion and its like, scarcely in dealing with the question of souls and inaccepting their instauration, it is an intangible thing which cannot be proved ordisproved at least as long as the physical body is existing. This writerbelieve that a discussion , no matter how seemingly rational or even irrationalis purely dead reckoning and can have no real physical proof of that existence. Ofthe read philosophers on this topic, all are speculatory in their attempt toprove, disprove, or even get through their position of the topic in question. Thiswriter will premiere contribute his own speculation and proceed to explore theselected philosophers material on this subject. Though it first must be saidthat most of the read material is or seems to be question-begging and thereforeleads only to more questions from myself.The question of having souls and their existence after the physical body isdeceased has always been on mens minds. From the first beginnings of writtenhistory from the Ancient Near Eastern civilizations Egyptians, Mesopotamian ,men people have always regarded the time to come and the question of souls. Itwas not given much philosophical thought until the ancient Greek sophists, inthe decline of their city-states that this topic was explored, but not onlyexplored but started to gather acceptance among the people. Again, only whenphysical life was becoming less cherished due to the decline and unhappinesswith their earthly surroundings. Though the Hebrew people communicate and thought ofan afterlife for their spirit, it was really not until widespread Christianitycame about, and again this was at the time of decline of the Roman Empire. Myinitial point being that the idea of souls and their existence seemed to growstronger at times of great depression or strife much like when people pray toGod when they only need something. It was then that trustingness and hope for a better