to confirm their own personal ideas many people have strong beliefs on what they feel will happen. Almost all religions believe that there will be an afterlife‚ but what the afterlife is‚ and how it works differs greatly between many religions. One of the most widely spread ideas comes from Christianity. There take on the concept of the afterlife is that once you die you will go to either heaven‚ a great wonderful place filled eternal peace and joy‚ or hell‚ a horrible place filled with eternal
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Socrates & the Afterlife Socrates & the Afterlife “When I have drunk the poison I shall leave you and go to the joys of the blessed…” (Plato‚ p.67) In his final hours‚ as written in Plato’s Phaedo‚ Socrates spoke of death and the afterlife while awaiting his execution. Socrates was tried and convicted of two charges: corrupting the youth and impiety (blasphemy)‚ he was imprisoned and sentenced to death. According to his final words‚ Socrates does not seem to fear death but instead sees it as a
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Zoroastrianism shares many similarities to today’s top world religions‚ including but not limited to Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Judaism. Such as the idea of an afterlife where you are judged by good and bad‚ monotheism versus polytheism‚ and free will versus predestined fate. In Zoroastrianism the afterlife is determined by the balance of good and evil‚ thoughts‚ deeds‚ and words throughout ones life. If the good outweighs the evil‚ heaven awaits. If the evil outweighs the good‚ you go to hell. Although
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Socrates & the Afterlife The realization of death did not leave Socrates in any state of sorrow but rather gave him hope and happiness that he would soon be moving further onto what he believed was the path of the soul. Socrates had no fear of death because he believed specifically in the afterlife and that the soul left the body and moved on to the next phase in life. Socrates states that there are many pathways a soul can follow after death; all depending on how a person acted during
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Afterlife Afterlife is a common topic everywhere we look – in television shows‚ in movies‚ in our everyday lives‚ and even in books. Our own portrayal of life after death comes from others’ perceptions that stick with us. In literature‚ this is no different. In Dante Alighieri’s Inferno‚ we are exposed to one of the more unique views of the underworld that has ever been published. This view‚ however‚ was not completely original. It is‚ instead‚ based upon a foundation that can be found in two earlier
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Afterlife - Top Three Many Egyptians believed in the afterlife and that it was a happy place. After a person passes away‚ a spirit called the Ka lived on. Most pharaohs were mummified by embalmers‚ or people who embalm mummies‚ to preserve the royal Ka. Why did they mummify only Egyptians from the elite? An elite is a person of wealth and power‚ and only Egypt’s elite could be mummified because they were the only ones with enough money to be mummified. The mummification process starts when the
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and the Afterlife J Tarolli November 14‚ 2012 Introduction to Philosophy Brian Raftery Socrates was a man of very distinct descriptions. He believed that we all would meet in a place in the afterlife. We would follow a guide down our chosen path according to the life we lived. Socrates didn’t have a fear of death or the path he would travel in the afterlife. He had a very detailed idea of how the terrain would be. He envisioned in exquisite detail of the beauty of the afterlife. He spoke
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Explore afterlife beliefs in a variety of cultures and religions. What similarities and differences can you find in beliefs about an afterlife? Focus on either ancient or modern cultures. Compose a written report exploring and comparing these beliefs. Haiti & Ukrainian The similarities between Haiti and Ukrainian cultures are that they both believe and obey in Christianity. Haiti is famous for its popular religion‚ known to its practitioners as "serving the lwa” but referred to by the literature
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Cody Roberts Waugh The Seventh Seal 4/15/11 Afterlife Death is unexplainable. It happens to everyone‚ everything‚ and its uncontrollable. Because of this‚ many have their own interpretations of death. In Ingmar Bergman’s movie‚ The Seventh Seal‚ death is portrayed to be deceitful and humorous. The film also reveals that the nature of death is irrelevant to our expectations. Since death is inevitable‚ deceitfulness is certain. At the beginning of the movie‚ the Knight
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Adelma‚ The Afterlife? Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino is a surreal novel that leaves the reader unsure if he/she is coming or going. Marco Polo converses in a garden with Kublai Khan on a daily basis and tells him of the travels that he has experienced. We are met with many different descriptions of cities‚ some light and some dark. The novel describes a world of constant uniformity. Although there is a wide sense of travel throughout the novel‚ there is also a sense of stagnation. We are
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