Topic > Socrates and Chuang Tzu: the concept of body and soul

I was conscious…I didn't know I was Tzu. Suddenly I woke up... visibly Tzu. I don't know if it was Tzu who dreamed of being a butterfly or the butterfly who dreamed of being Tzu”(___). For Chuang Tzu believes that we do not fully understand whether we are awake or sleeping, because we are not truly awake ______. He believes that when we fall asleep our soul can connect with what is external to us and once we wake up our body is freed. “When they dreamed they didn't know it was a dream… maybe they even tried to interpret it… they woke up knowing it was a dream. And there is the great awakening, after which we will know… Life was a big dream… stupid people think they are awake”(___) This is an example of a philosopher's way of thinking, if you believe we are awake then you don't really understand life because Chuang Tzu says that we are not awake in the subconscious but in a state of which it is a dream, and we will only wake up from