As a doctrine, physicalism is committed to the assumption that everything is physical. Exactly how to define the physical is a matter of contention. Driving this view is the assertion that nothing that is nonphysical has physical effects.
This is just a really interesting statement that I believe can really be put up for debate.
The Nguni proverb that best describes this concept is “umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” sometimes translated as “a person is a person through other persons” (Gade 2011).
"a person is a person thorough other person" is just a really hard thing for my brain to fully understand and would like to know more.
This soul as the real self solves the ship of Theseus dilemma, as the soul continuously exists from zygote or infant and is not replaced by basic building materials. The soul provides permanence and even persists into the afterlife.
Although the soul or also known as the mind can not be replaced, but over time I believe that the soul and the mind can get wiser and in result change.
Escaping the cycle of reincarnation requires the individual to realize that atman is brahman and to live well or in accordance with dharma, observing the code of conduct as prescribed by scripture, and karma, actions and deeds.
What I take away here is that the people of Brahman think that reincarnation is very bad thing and the way the propose to escape it is by living in accordance with dharma.
With some doctrinal exception, if the self lives the good life (a life according to God’s will), then the possibility of sharing eternity with the Divine is promised.
Meaning that the if the self lives the good life then their soul will live forever under God's rein.
While the concept of a first cause or unmoved mover was present within Aristotle’s works, Aquinas identified the Christian idea of God as the “unmoved mover.”
This means that Aristotle found out about the unmoved mover before the Christians did.