NJIKO Volume 4 Number 2 2025

HUMAN BODY, ITS EPISTEMOLOGICAL CAPACITIES AND RELATIONS TO HUMAN SOUL: AN OUTLOOK

Jude C Udenkwo Ph.D
Abstract

This paper explores the human soul's epistemological capacities, examining its relationship with the body and its role in knowledge acquisition. The soul is considered the essential, immaterial aspect of a person, while the body is the temporary, physical aspect. The paper draws on philosophical analysis to support its assertions, citing various historical literature on the human body, soul, and epistemology. It concludes that in human soul lies the capacity of knowing and that the soul is as important as the body.That the soul only manifest its activities through the body.

Keywords: body, capacities, epistemological, human, outlook, relations, soul
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