Since the time of Plato, Western thinkers have been fascinated-and frustrated-by the relations between the n,jnd and the body. The body was described as mate1ia.l-made of matte1�whereas the mind was...

Since the time of Plato, Western thinkers have been fascinated-and frustrated-by the relations between the n,jnd and the body. The body was described as mate1ia.l-made of matte1�whereas the mind was immaterial, supposedly pure tlro11glrl. Does Fredrickson see body and mind as separate' Does her account suggt!St that emotions like love woLtld exist at aJJ without the body? ff thoughts and feelings are impossible without the existence of the body, then what is the mind? Does Fredtickson suggest that our mental Lives are completely dete1mined by our biology, or do we have some degree of f r eedom?