The beautiful soul (Study notes)

The Soul According to Rāmānuja

Rāmānuja was the founder of Visistādvaita Vedānta School, which is one of the three main schools of Vedānta. According to Rāmānuja, the soul (cit), Brahman, and matter (acit) constitute the three principal ontological realities. Rāmānuja provides some proofs for the existence of the soul, which are mostly based on self-consciousness. The relationship of the soul with the matter, on one hand, an...

Notes on Early Acheulian Stone Tools: Constitutive Operations and Analogies of the Soul

Early Acheulian bifaces appear to be characterized by seven basic operations. After a brief description of each operation, I propose how the pattern of that operation had the capacity to serve as an analogue for a concept of the soul that could be expressed both in self-concept (selfobject) and interpersonal relations (object relations). 1. A 'core' is flaked and the flake is trimmed, in turn, ...

Putting the Soul in the Study of Psyche

Medical students' Study Resources: Books or Notes

Introduction: Given the importance and impact of test resources on medical student’ learning, this study aimed to assess the time devoted to study books and notes during the semester and exam time. Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was conducted on all medical students (120) who were passing internship period at Isfahan University of medical sciences in 2011. Devoted time to study books...

Survival of the beautiful

Correspondence to: Tam Hunt; Email: [email protected] Submitted: 04/29/13; Accepted: 04/29/13 Citation: Hunt T. Survival of the beautiful: A conversation with David Rothenberg about evolution and beauty. Commun Integr Biol 2013; 6: e24857; http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.24857 With respect to beauty, there is a growing awareness that even though determinations of beauty in particular ca...