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sinnerdexter
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What is the precise nature of the soul, and where in the body is it stored?
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Totterman
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Jesus,our Lords peace be whit You.
Our soul is what we are. It is our thoughts,doings and understanding. Our soul is whitin our earthly body,there is no certain place for it,and the nature of the soul is what we are. Your question is one that can’t be ansvered in any other ways,it is one of those things we do not need to know yet. When our time on earth is over,and we beging our journey to heaven,we leave our body behind,it will turn in to dust again,and our soul will living on,not needing a body anymoore.
Our soul is what we are. It is our thoughts,doings and understanding. Our soul is whitin our earthly body,there is no certain place for it,and the nature of the soul is what we are. Your question is one that can’t be ansvered in any other ways,it is one of those things we do not need to know yet. When our time on earth is over,and we beging our journey to heaven,we leave our body behind,it will turn in to dust again,and our soul will living on,not needing a body anymoore.
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awatkins69
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I can’t answer these questions for you right now. But Saint Thomas would be happy to:
newadvent.org/summa/1.htm (See the treatise on “Man”)
David Oderberg doesn’t mind either. newdualism.org/papers/D.Oderberg/HylemorphicDualism2.htm
Hope this helps somewhat!
newadvent.org/summa/1.htm (See the treatise on “Man”)
David Oderberg doesn’t mind either. newdualism.org/papers/D.Oderberg/HylemorphicDualism2.htm
Hope this helps somewhat!
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AndyT_81
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The Aristotelianism-Thomistic understanding of the soul is that it is the form of the body. Under this understanding, objects are irreducible composites of form and matter - so the form cannot be intelligibly said to “reside” anywhere in the matter, likewise the soul cannot be said to “reside” anywhere in the body.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
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GEddie
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Among other things, your soul is the life in you; which is why, when the soul has gone, one becomes a dead body. As such, “the soul” is not “stored” anywhere, but while alive, fills the entire human body, at all times.I await enlightenment.
God Bless and ICXC NIKA.
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Joe_5859
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Our soul, by definition, is non-corporeal. Thus, it is not some physical entity that resides in a specific place within the body.
We also want to avoid the “ghost in the machine” theory of the body/soul relationship. Our body is not simply some arbitrary container that holds our soul. Our body is also an integral part of who we are. We are a psycho-somatic unity.
We also want to avoid the “ghost in the machine” theory of the body/soul relationship. Our body is not simply some arbitrary container that holds our soul. Our body is also an integral part of who we are. We are a psycho-somatic unity.
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Robert_Sock
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The soul is also the seat of consciousness which encompasses our entire personality. The soul is also able to get dirty or cleaned. It is our purpose here on earth to perfect the soul.
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JimG
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The soul is a spiritual substance, non-corporeal in nature. Because it is non-corporeal, it does not occupy space.
It is the animating principle of the body. Since spiritual substances can only be said to be in a place in so far as they act in a place, the soul must be present in the entire body, since it is the animating principle of the entire body. (It does not, for example, reside only in the brain.)
But we must not think of the soul as “spread out” over the entire body, since it does not in fact occupy space. Rather it is intimately united to the body so as to form a single human being, a person composed of body and soul, which can only be separated by death.
It is the animating principle of the body. Since spiritual substances can only be said to be in a place in so far as they act in a place, the soul must be present in the entire body, since it is the animating principle of the entire body. (It does not, for example, reside only in the brain.)
But we must not think of the soul as “spread out” over the entire body, since it does not in fact occupy space. Rather it is intimately united to the body so as to form a single human being, a person composed of body and soul, which can only be separated by death.
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grannymh
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Human nature, yours and mine, is an unique unification of rational/corporeal, spirit/matter, non-matterial, soul/bdy.
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