(September 1, 2019 at 6:37 pm)Belaqua Wrote: Maybe good to have a clear definition of what a soul is.
In Aristotelian hylomorphism, the soul is the form of the body, including not only its shape and construction but its operations as well. This is always present with the hyle, the material of the body, which today we would call carbon, hydrogen, etc.
The Christians have faith (no proof of course) that this same morph is transferred at death to a different hyle. I don't believe that, but I still think that when Aristotelians and others talk about soul as morphe it can be a useful term.
Why do we need a definition, it adds little to the conversation. No matter how you define soul it will remain a concept of the mind.
Or is this an example of your need to express "I know more than you"?
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