“Soul” is one of the most-used words in the English language and one of the least defined. Plato, Aristotle, Hindu Vedanta, Buddhism, and modern neuroscience all give genuinely different answers to what persists in a person. Here’s an honest comparison of what each tradition actually claims — and where, remarkably, they converge.
What is real? Why is there something rather than nothing? Do we have free will? Metaphysics asks the questions science hasn’t answered yet — and some it never will. A beginner’s guide to the deepest questions.