tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982688255539009262.post6230521245082750616..comments2023-03-08T12:53:50.231+00:00Comments on lisbonpsy: The RepublicClara Pracanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460751445456199939noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982688255539009262.post-56823629040667271612009-06-17T17:47:49.838+01:002009-06-17T17:47:49.838+01:00I agree with you Clara, we cannot separate spirit ...I agree with you Clara, we cannot separate spirit from body. And quite a subject it is. Its a very interesting perspective. One that I see quite often in children whose upbringings lack in either area, intellectual or physical. It seems as though the traditional school system has made an attempt to create an equilirium with mandatory physical education. However, after highschool it depends on the individual to continue a balanced education, feeding the mind and the body = taming the spirit, so to speak.Helaine Almeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404790121477628725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982688255539009262.post-32268887451409566132009-06-15T01:12:51.685+01:002009-06-15T01:12:51.685+01:00Oh dear, what a difficult subject Helaine has rais...Oh dear, what a difficult subject Helaine has raised.<br /> Plato had a dualistic view in terms of body and spirit, and since platonic philosophy imposed itself in the Occident we still have this tendency to separate body from spirit (although Aristotle had different views). Wilfred Bion, the famous British psychoanalyst shared Plato's view, for example. Not so with Freud, who had a much more biological perspective of drives.<br />I don't think we can separate spirit from body. They speak for each other and we should listen to both (easier said than done, of course).Clara Pracanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07460751445456199939noreply@blogger.com