Today, almost everyone agrees that the body and mind are connected to create a person. Those who believe in religion usually also add that a person has a spirit. Combined they are commonly referred to as the soul. Mind, body, and spirit are believed to be unitary, coordinate, or inseparable but there is no denying that we have separate words for them and they are distinct parts of a whole person.
One creative way to answer this mind, body, and spirit question is to say that a person is a not an object but a happening. This is not my original idea but a notion borrowed from the existential philosopher, Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). He proposed that the unified person is never a static object but something that is continually unfolding and changing. Usually, those who take this position add that the person cannot be separated from the environment and certainly not from others with whom the person is interacting. With this notion change and progression will always be part of understanding a person.
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- Dena Jensen
- Corlu, Tekirdağ, Türkiye
- Hi! My name is Dena Jensen. I facilitate this webpage and my father and I write articles and share our beliefs on how we can change for the better. We hope that you will help us by discussing with us in our Topics we will be writing and joining our Online Conversations!
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