on, understanding, memory, appetite, and will. 4. What's Locke's view of immortality?Locke believed that the body was composed of both souls and the body. Souls, according to Locke, are spiritual substances with the power to perceive, will, and think. Man has arrived at the idea of the soul from combining various operations of the human mind. The soul is both passive and active. It is passive because bodies influence it so that it has ideas. It is active because it interacts with the body. The soul is immortal. It lives after death of the human body, and is a matter of faith. It is not anything of which we can have a clear or distinct idea. It is something above reason.5. What's Kant's view of Reason?Kant had a view thats more practical then anyone elses. He believed that understanding couldnt know anything. It could only know something that is experienced. Reason can go beyond this and conceive a world of which we can have no actual experience. It transcends, rises above experiences and gives us transcendent principles. This reason has given man the idea that soul is the gathering together of all mental processes. There is value in thinking that an immortal soul exists even though we cannot prove its existence. The idea of the soul comes from moral law and is the basis for a moral life. The human soul goes on and on until it reaches perfection or the realization of the demands of the moral law.6. What is your view?I do not believe that the human soul comes from nature, or from any other materialistic element. But...who am I to say where it comes from or where it goes in the end. All I can say is my beliefs in the matter. I believe your soul is what makes up the human body. Without the use of your soulyou wouldnt be you. I also believe that all your emotions come from deep within your very soul. All your anger, all your happinessall your everything comes from your soul. All this feeling builds up inside your soul and your feelings e...
