Guthrie: Tratado 27 (IV, 3, 20-23) – RELATIONS BETWEEN SOUL AND BODY

E. RELATIONS BETWEEN SOUL AND BODY.

IF FUNCTIONS ARE NOT LOCALIZED THE SOUL WILL NOT SEEM ENTIRELY WITHIN US.

SPACE IS CORPOREAL; THE BODY IS WITHIN THE SOUL.

NOR IS THE BODY A VASE, FOR PROXIMATE TRANSMISSION OF THE SOUL.

MANY METAPHYSICAL OBJECTIONS TO THE CONCEPTION OF SOUL AS LOCALIZED.

NOR IS THE SOUL IN THE BODY AS A QUALITY IN A SUBSTRATE.

NOR IS THE SOUL IN THE BODY AS A PART IN THE WHOLE.

NOR IS THE SOUL IN THE BODY AS A WHOLE IN A PART.

NOR WILL THE SOUL BE IN THE BODY AS FORM IN MATTER.

THE SOUL IS SAID TO BE IN THE BODY BECAUSE THE BODY ALONE IS VISIBLE.

THIS LEAVES THE QUESTION OF THE MANNER OF THE SOUL’S PRESENCE.

THE SOUL IN A BODY AS A PILOT IN A SHIP.

THE SOUL PRESENT IN THE BODY AS LIGHT IN AIR.

WHILE THE SOUL-POWER IS EVERYWHERE, THE PRINCIPLE OF ACTION IS LOCALIZED IN THE SPECIAL ORGAN.

REASON IS IN THE HEAD, BUT NOT IN THE BRAIN, WHICH IS THE SEAT OF THE INTERMEDIARY, THE POWER OF SENSATION.

GROWTH IS LOCALIZED IN THE LIVER, ANGER IN THE HEART.