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The ancient Egyptians believed that a soul (kꜣ and bꜣ; Egypt. pron. ka/ba) was made up of many parts. In addition to these components of the soul, there was the human body (called the ḥꜥ, occasionally a plural ḥꜥw, meaning approximately "sum of bodily parts").
The Platonic soul consists of three parts, which are located in different regions of the body: [8] [9] The Logos (λογιστικόν), or logistikon, located in the head, is related to reason and regulates the other parts. The thymos (θυμοειδές), or thumoeides, located near the chest region, is related to spirit.
Aristotle imagined the soul as in part, within the human body and in part an incorporeal imagination. In Aristotle's treatise On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration , Aristotle explicitly states that while the soul has an incorporeal form, there is a physical area of the soul in the human body, the heart.
The parts are located in different regions of the body: [113] Logos is located in the head, is related to reason and regulates the other part. Thymos is located near the chest region and is related to anger. Eros is located in the stomach and is related to one's desires. Plato compares the three parts of the soul or psyche to a societal caste ...
The ancient Egyptian concept of the soul consisted of nine separate parts. Among these is the Ba, which is commonly translated into English as "soul".The Ba soul was thought to represent one's psyche or personality and was thought to live on after one's death, possessing the ability to traverse between the physical and spiritual planes.
However, this fact usually remains hidden from human consciousness because it is so overwhelmed by sensory impressions that it is unable to grasp what the uppermost part of the soul perceives. [9] The soul experiences the manifold hardships and inadequacies of earthly existence, but the affects (emotions) that arise only affect it seemingly ...
On the Soul (Greek: Περὶ Ψυχῆς, Peri Psychēs; Latin: De Anima) is a major treatise written by Aristotle c. 350 BC. [1] His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by their different operations.
Plato defined the faculties of the soul in terms of a three-fold division: the intellect (noûs), the nobler affections (thumós), and the appetites or passions (epithumetikón) [1] Aristotle also made a three-fold division of natural faculties, into vegetative, appetitive and rational elements, [2] though he later distinguished further divisions in the rational faculty, such as the faculty of ...