exactly immortal as in it has been alive forever and will be alive forever. But it does indeed have the ability to reproduce in a‚ well shall we say immortal-like way that no other known creature can. Could the jellyfish hold the key to actual immortality? That is still up for
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Thebans Cebes and Simmias‚ Socrates explores various arguments for the soul’s immortality in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. Phaedo tells the story that following the discussion‚ he and the others were there to witness the death of Socrates. One of the main themes in the Phaedo is the idea that the soul is immortal. Socrates offers four arguments for the soul’s immortality: The Cyclical Argument‚ or Opposites Argument explains that Forms are
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that was the only part of his body that did not touch the water‚ therefore that part of his body was mortal. In another version of Achilles’ immortality‚ Thetis covered Achilles body in ambrosia and put him on top of a fire to burn away his http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~dmt34/achilles/myth.html mortality; however she was interrupted by “Immortality of Achilles” Source:Peleus and then abandoned them. Either way‚ Achilles was made immortal in every way‚ except in his heal‚ his only weakness
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Gretchen in Perry’s A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality argues that even if we do believe in the existence of the soul‚ we cannot use the idea of a soul to construct a personal identity. The argument is the result of Gretchen not believing that personal identity is the result of the sameness of the soul. If a person has the same soul at one point in life and again in the other‚ we can assume that the person is also the same. Gretchen does not support this claim because she believes
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Technology has evolved from ideals once seen as unbelievable to common everyday instruments. Computers that used to occupy an entire room are now the size of notebooks. The human race has always pushed for technological advances working at the most efficient level‚ perhaps‚ the molecular level. The developments and progress in artificial intelligence and molecular technology have spawned a new form of technology; Nanotechnology. Nanotechnology could give the human race eternal life‚ or
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In his essay "The Myth of Immortality‚" Clarence Darrow explains his belief that life after death is a hoax and backs up his logic with logical reasoning. Darrow finds it hard to believe that life exists after death simply because there are no facts to prove that it exists. He states that "if people really believed in a beautiful‚ happy‚ glorious land waiting after death why don’t they hasten themselves to it." Darrow also shows his discern in his views for the soul questioning that if we do have
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explores the ancient Greek struggle for mortal men to attain immortality through glory in battle‚ and even death. Those who achieve great kleos‚ honor and courage in battle‚ are respected and loved by their families and kinsmen‚ while those who turn away from it are scorned and disparaged. Even faced with inevitable death‚ the epic heroes of The Iliad choose to war so they may overcome the impermanence of mortality and realize immortality in their remembrance. The idea that kleos is such an integral
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The movie that we watched was about reviving a person from the dead. This is said to be done in the future but they had already started researching how to use ice as a power to revive a clinically dead person. They used ice as a method to preserve a body and now they are planning on how to revive a person through the use of nanotechnology that can repair all the cells that were ruptured n the freezing process. The technology that they were referring in the movie is called Cryonics. This Cryonics
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Whitman & Dickinson-Nature Death & Immortality Emily Dickinson & Walt Whitman were both poets of the nineteenth century that both captured their readers by their unique style of writing. Dickinson grew up in a wealthy family where her father and grandfather were lawyers. Although they were very outspoken‚ she was very introverted and put words to paper. Her lifestyle led to her writing poetry‚ in letters to friends‚ cards sent to loved ones but none of her work was seen by the world
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The Immortal Jellyfish-Turritopsis Nutricula Yung-Hsing‚ Hsieh (Sky) Rosemary Reynolds Research 111 April 19‚ 2012 The Immortal Jellyfish-Turritopsis Nutricula “There is no such thing as forever.” Although almost everyone thinks this is true‚ have you ever imagined that maybe it would be possible for you to live forever some day? How would the world work or change if human beings were never going to die? Of course‚ it would not be real today‚ but it is something that
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