Guthrie: Tratado 28 (IV, 4, 18-29) – O prazer e a dor, o desejo e a cólera em sua relação à união da alma e do corpo

FOURTH ENNEAD, BOOK FOUR.
Questions About the Soul. (Second Part.) [18-29]

THE BODY IS NOT US, BUT OURS.

THE SOUL AND BODY TOGETHER FORM A FUSION OF BOTH.

THE SOUL FEELS THE PASSIONS WITHOUT EXPERIENCING THEM.

UNLESS THE SOUL WERE IMPASSIBLE SHE COULD NOT LOCALIZE AND MANAGE PAIN.

THE APPETITES ARE LOCATED NEITHER IN BODY NOR SOUL, BUT IN THEIR COMBINATION.

TWO KINDS OF DESIRES: OF THE BODY; AND OF THE COMBINATION, OR NATURE.

DESIRES ARE PHYSICAL, BECAUSE CHANGEABLE IN HARMONY WITH THE BODY.

RELATION OF DESIRE-FUNCTION TO THE VEGETATIVE POWERS.

PLATO IS IN DOUBT ABOUT THE EARTH’S SOUL; WHETHER SHE IS LIKE THOSE OF STARS.

THE EARTH CAN FEEL AS WELL AS ANY OF THE STARS.

QUESTION: WHAT PASSIONS WOULD BE SUITABLE TO THE EARTH?

SENSATION WILL FIRST HAVE TO BE EXAMINED.

RESTATEMENT OF PROBLEMS INVOLVED.

CONCEPTIVE THOUGHT DEMANDS THE INTERMEDIARY PROCESS OF SENSATION.

THE PURE SOUL WOULD REMAIN ISOLATED.

SENSATION DEPENDS ON THE SENSE-SHAPE, WHICH, LIKE TOOLS, IS INTERMEDIATE.

EXCLUSION OF OTHER SIDE ISSUES.

ARE THE SENSES GIVEN US ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF UTILITY?

ARE SENSES GIVEN THE STARS FOR UTILITY?

IF SENSATION IS A SOUL-DISTRACTION, THE STARS WOULD NOT INDULGE THEREIN.

THE EARTH FEELS AND DIRECTS BY THE LAWS OF SYMPATHETIC HARMONY.

THE EARTH’S SENSES MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM OURS.

ANALYSIS OF THE EARTH’S PSYCHOLOGY.

DOES THE IRASCIBLE POWER ALSO ORIGINATE IN THE BODY?

THE LIVER IS THE SEAT OF THE SOUL’S FACULTY OF DESIRE.

THE HEART IS THE SEAT OF ANGER.

ANGER ORIGINATES IN THE VEGETATIVE AND GENERATIVE POWER, AS TRACE OF THE SOUL.

WHEN THE SOUL LEAVES THE BODY, SHE LEAVES A TRACE OF LIFE.

DOES THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THESE THINGS NECESSARILY IMPLY THEIR DESTRUCTION?

THREE POSSIBLE INTERRELATIONS OF THE SOUL’S SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR BODIES.

CAN THE PHYSICAL LIFE EXIST WITHOUT THE SOUL?