(September 22, 2019 at 10:44 pm)possibletarian Wrote:(September 22, 2019 at 9:04 pm)Belaqua Wrote: I'm willing to use the word "soul" in the way I describe above. Nowadays it's probably misleading, though, because of the strange "spirit energy" idea.
Its history then ?
Its history is what? I don't understand your question.
The concept of soul as used by Aristotle makes sense to me, and requires nothing magic. If people use it in that way, it's a useful term. The modern "spirit energy" version isn't persuasive.