http://www.stardrive.org/excerpt.shtml
quote:I'm not the first nor the only physicist/philosopher to speculate about the issue of the soul's existence and its seemingly precarious, mysterious, and subtle relationship with the energy and matter of our bodies. As we shall see, Aristotle and Plato also worried about its existence. Aristotle saw the soul as a subtle substance; one that presumably would vanish when the body vanished in much the same way that the sharpness of a knife would vanish when it was melted down in a furnace. Plato, on the other hand, while sharing a somewhat similar view--not surprisingly since after all Plato was Aristotle's mentor--in that he also saw the soul as a substance, albeit, a nonphysical one, which was eternal, idea-like, and capable of existing beyond the body.
Where does modern science and technology stand in this debate? Can today's physics and computer technology provide us with the hope of eternal life? Set aside this question for the moment and consider how an answer to it might change our lifestyles.
Have we lost our souls to modern technological life? |
