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Introduction Wisdom, and what common
Understanding the human body aspects do both schools share?
through Yoruba Philosophy is I will conduct a thorough
significant for many reasons. examination using library,
It highlights the body’s spiritual descriptive, and analytical
aspects, viewing it as a vessel methods. Engaging with Yoruba
for the immortal soul and its Philosophy is significant for its
connection to the environment. intricate connections between
Traditional Yoruba healing the human body and cultural,
practices emphasize body spiritual, and existential insights,
balance, reflecting personal allowing nuanced comparisons
and cultural identities. Segun with Transcendental Wisdom
Gbadegesin notes the body is and highlighting unique
a temporary home for the soul ontological and epistemological
(Gbadegesin, 1996). viewpoints.
In contrast, Mulla Ṣadrā's
Transcendental Wisdom also Theoretical Foundations and
views the body as a vessel for Research Background
the soul, introducing the
"imaginal body" that bridges 1. Human Body
the physical and spiritual The concept of the "human
realms world (Mulla Ṣadrā, body" can be understood in
1981). various contexts. In Latin, it is
This research explores the called "Corpus" (Wysiadecki
human body concept in both et al., 2024). The human
philosophies, focusing on body is defined as the physical
their holistic nature. substance of an organism,
As the primary research composed of living cells
question, what is the human organized into tissues, organs, and
body concept in Yoruba systems (The Encyclopaedia,2024).
Philosophy and Transcendental Biologically, it consists of
tissues and organs forming a single
structure while containing
