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Believed humans are made up of both body and soul; the soul existed before the body and is trapped in the body as punishment for sins.

Pythagoreans

The belief that the soul is immortal and can move from one body to another after death.

Transmigration

Socrates' belief that the soul is the most important part of a person, defining who we are and guiding us to live a good moral life.

Socratic Dualism

The concept of allowing the mind to control emotions and desires, valuing the soul over the body.

Self-mastery

An inner voice believed by Socrates to guide people in making good decisions.

Daimonion

The belief that humans consist of two separate parts: body and soul, with the soul existing before and after the body.

Plato's Dualism

The cycle of rebirth where the soul continues to exist and is reborn into new bodies.

Reincarnation

Believed the soul and body are inseparable; the soul is the life-giving part of the body.

Aristotle's View on the Soul

Aristotle's belief that body and soul work together as one complete being.

Soul and Body are One

Aristotle's view that the soul cannot exist without the body; it ceases to exist when the body dies.

No Life After Death

Aristotle's hylomorphic doctrine explaining that everything consists of physical matter and non-physical form.

Matter and Form

How people think about and value the environment, including perspectives like ecocentrism, anthropocentrism, and technocentrism.

Environmental Value System (EVS)

The idea that humans must take care of nature, introduced by Aldo Leopold in the 1940s.

Land Ethic

An approach encouraging individuals to consider the environmental impact of their actions and promote a simple, eco-friendly lifestyle.

Deep Ecology

The belief that nature has endless resources and that science will resolve any resource shortages.

Cornucopian

A viewpoint that trusts science and technology to address and fix environmental issues.

Technocentrism