It's also worth recognising that one can have a Partite understanding of humanity without attaching to it the Platonic values that are so assumed.
I think Biblical Christianity does this, it has a definitely partite view of humanity but doesn't turn the dichotomy into a "matter is bad, spirit is good" morality. Rather we end up with "matter is mortal and will be resurrected, spirit/soul is eternal"
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Date: 2004-05-27 01:03 am (UTC)I think Biblical Christianity does this, it has a definitely partite view of humanity but doesn't turn the dichotomy into a "matter is bad, spirit is good" morality. Rather we end up with "matter is mortal and will be resurrected, spirit/soul is eternal"