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(Greek - psyche; Latin - anima; French - ame; German - Seele)
The soul may be defined as the ultimate internal principle by which we think, feel, and will, and by which our bodies are animated. The term "mind" usually denotes this principle as the subject of our conscious states, while "soul" denotes the source of our vegetative activities as well. That our vital activities proceed from a principle capable of subsisting in itself, is the thesis of the substantiality of the soul: that this principle is not itself composite, extended, corporeal, or essentially and intrinsically dependent on the body, is the doctrine of spirituality. If there be a life after death, clearly the agent or subject of our vital activities must be capable of an existence separate from the body. The belief in an animating principle in some sense distinct from the body is an almost inevitable inference from the observed facts of life. Even uncivilized peoples arrive at the concept of the soul almost without reflection, certainly without any severe mental effort.
(Latin spiritus, spirare, "to breathe"; Gk. pneuma; Fr. esprit; Ger. Geist)
(1) as signifying a living, intelligent, incorporeal being, such as the soul;
(2) as the fiery essence or breath (the Stoic pneuma) which was supposed to be the universal vital force;
(3) as signifying some refined form of bodily substance, a fluid believed to act as a medium between mind and the grosser matter of the body.
(Greek nous; Latin mens, German Geist, Seele; French ame esprit)
The word mind has been used in a variety of meanings in English, and we find a similar want of fixity in the connotation of the corresponding terms in other languages. Aristotle tells us that Anaxagoras, as compared with other early Greek philosophers, appeared like one sober among drunken men in that he introduced nous, mind, as efficient cause of the general order in the universe. In treating of the soul, Aristotle himself identifies nous with the intellectual faculty, which he conceives as partly active, partly passive. It is the thinking principle the highest and most spiritual energy of the soul, separable from the body, and immortal. The Latin word, mens, was employed in much the same sense. - St. Thomas, who represents the general scholastic usage, derives mens from metior (to measure). He identifies mens with the human soul viewed as intellectual and abstracting from lower organic faculties. Angels, or pure spirits, may thus be called minds (De Veritate, X, a. 1). For Descartes the human soul is simply mens, res cogitans, mind. It stands in complete opposition to the body and to matter in general.
And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it
Jesus said,
“Whoever has come
to understand the World
has found only a corpse,
and whoever has found a corpse
is superior to the World.”
Verse. 56.
Jesus said,
“Whoever has come
to understand the World
has found only a corpse,
and whoever has found
a corpse
is superior to the World.”
Please don't waste your precious time studying ancient writings, etc. Hosea 4:6 says that we as a people perish because of lack of knowledge.
Soul is another word for consciousness.
That which enables you to be an observer, to know what it means to "be", and that feeling of "I am" inside you
That which enables you to be an observer
It is because of this that one is able to understand, have free will and so forth.
Originally posted by bonekeeper
Now, this made me think of something. Since you're basically using geometry to write "programs", do you think that the geometry in crop circles (assuming that at least some of them are for real, made from "higher intelligences") could have similar functions ?
Like, imagine a geometric form that has a function in specific, or a set of functions. Then, next step is to "broadcast" this program into people's Consciousness. Since you cannot just "hijack" the world's TV networks and show the symbols on the TVs, you draw this "program" on a field as a crop circle and let the mass media do the rest.
Then, whenever a human sees the image, his conscious mind doesn't make anything out of it, or interprets it based on its limited knowledge about geometry, math, etc. At the same time, it also sinks into the individual's "subconscious" mind and into the "collective mind" of the human race, as more and more people see the images. No conscious interpretation needed - just look at the image and that's it, "you" got the program.
What do you think about that ?