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Seat of the Soul!
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bailey, Paul |
| Copyright Year | 1959 |
| Abstract | In the beginning of any discussion it is wise to define one's terms. We know, I suppose, what we mean by a "seat," but so many meanings have been given for the term "soul" as to lead some people to doubt its existence. Is there such a thing? We should not like to set out on a hunt for a snark, only to find, after all our trouble, that we had been searching for a boojum. Since I have never seen a soul and cannot pose as a specialist in the matter, I shall have to depend upon authoritative statements and shall choose only the most impeccable ones. Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical Divini Redemptoris, states: "Eidem siquidem spiritualis atque immortalis animus inest" ("Man has a spiritual and immortal soul"). Since this is one of the fundamental axioms of our Western civilization, we may set out confidently on our quest. But what is a soul? St. Thomas Aquinas, in his commentary on Aristotle's "Treatise on the Soul," says (?): By "soul" we understand that by which a living thing is alive. . . . We must not think of the soul and body as though the body had its own form, making it a body, to which a soul is superadded, making it a living body; but rather that the body gets both its being and its Ufe from the soul. ... By the powers of the soul we mean the vegetative, the sensitive, the intellectual. . . . |
| Starting Page | 461 |
| Ending Page | 462 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1353/pbm.1959.0006 |
| PubMed reference number | 13667391 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil1020/Descartes.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.1959.0006 |
| Journal | Perspectives in biology and medicine |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
