A Short History of Dualism in Western Civilisation
Discuss Plato and touch on Aristotle. Mention Plato’s Allegory of the Chariot (1000 words).
Discuss Alexander the Great. (500 words).
Discuss the ideas of Thomas Aquinas, St Augustine + Irenaeus (800 words).
Are human beings composed of body and soul equally, like ‘two horses harnessed together’?
Is the body more principal, as when we call the vessel alone a ‘lamp’ on account of the flame it supports? Or is the soul
more principal, as we say that a horse rider is not the horse and the rider, but the rider
alone in virtue of guiding the horse?
