A court for the crime of explaining his ideas, for instance, sentenced Socrates, to death. ... I suppose that my point, which I am being exceedingly long-winded about, is that philosophy does not stand apart from the rest of the sciences and it should, can, and must be a science. ... Also, is the mind the only nonphysical entity in our universe or do other entities exist such as ghosts or souls? ... The mind and body relationship is a tricky subject. ... "I think therefore I am" or "cogito ergo sum," the well-known quote of Rene Descartes, is the basis of his theory known as dualism. ...

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