Gregory Thaumaturgus · Dubious or Spurious Writings · On the Subject of the Soul
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On the Subject of the Soul
- Dubious or Spurious Writings On the.1 — I. Wherein is the Criterion for the Apprehension of the Soul. All things that exist are either known by sense or apprehended by thought. And what falls under sense has its adequate demonstration in sense itself; for…vatican.va
- Dubious or Spurious Writings On the.2 — II. Whether the Soul Exists. Our body, when it is put in action, is put in action either from without or from within. And that it is not put in action from without, is manifest from the circumstance that it is put in…vatican.va
- Dubious or Spurious Writings On the.3 — III. Whether the Soul is a Substance. That the soul is a substance, is proved in the following manner. In the first place, because the definition given to the term substance suits it very well. And that definition is…vatican.va
- Dubious or Spurious Writings On the.4 — IV. Whether the Soul is Incorporeal. That the soul is in our body, has been shown above. We ought now, therefore, to ascertain in what manner it is in the body. Now, if it is in juxtaposition with it, as one pebble…vatican.va
- Dubious or Spurious Writings On the.5 — V. Whether the Soul is Simple or Compound. We prove, then, that the soul is simple, best of all, by those arguments by which its incorporeality has been demonstrated. For if it is not a body, while every body is…vatican.va
- Dubious or Spurious Writings On the.6 — VI. Whether Our Soul is Immortal. It follows, in my opinion, as a necessary consequence, that what is simple is immortal. And as to how that follows, hear my explanation: Nothing that exists is its own corrupter,…vatican.va
- Dubious or Spurious Writings On the.7 — VII. Whether Our Soul is Rational. That our soul is rational, one might demonstrate by many arguments. And first of all from the fact that it has discovered the arts that are for the service of our life. For no one…vatican.va