Metaphysics/Psychology

Soul

Is the soul immortal, and what is the relationship between mind and body?

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The Reading List

Follow this thread through the primary texts, in the order they enter the conversation.

1. Plato, ; Book IV, Book X
2. Aristotle, (On the Soul), Books I–III
3. Marcus Aurelius, , Books IV, VII, XII
4. Augustine, Book X; Books IX–X
5. Aquinas, I, Questions 75–89
6. Descartes, , II, VI
7. Hume, , Book I, Part IV, Section 6
8. Kant, , "Paralogisms of Pure Reason"
9. William James, , Chapter X (The Consciousness of Self)
10. Freud, ; , Lecture XXXI

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