The embodied soul

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Abstract

The Greek word empsukhos (‘ensouled’) was used in ordinary language to describe something as alive.1 Philosophers from all major schools specified this linguistically marked connection between soul and life by postulating or arguing that the soul is the principle of life.2 The soul can be understood to be so in three ways. All life-constituting activities of a living being are activities of the soul, or they are activities of the composite of body and soul, or some are activities of the soul and others of the composite. Plotinus defends the first option.3
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe New Cambridge Companion to Plotinus
EditorsLloyd Gerson , James Wilberding
PublisherCambridge University Press
Chapter9
Pages219-240
ISBN (Electronic)9781108770255
ISBN (Print)9781108488341, 9781108726238
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2022

Publication series

NameCambridge Companions to Philosophy

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