Full Idea
For those who divide the soul into parts, and divide and separate them in accord with their capacities, the parts turn out to be very many.
Gist of Idea
If we divide the mind up according to its capacities, there are a lot of them
Source
Aristotle (De Anima [c.329 BCE], 433a32)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'De Anima (on the psuche)', ed/tr. Reeve, C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.61
A Reaction
I accept the warning. The capacities which interest me are those which seem to generate our basic ontology, but if the capacities become fine-grained, they are legion.