Single Idea 9292

[catalogued under 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul]

Full Idea

On the whole, the Soul has no capacities which belong to it pre-eminently in the way that thinking 'belongs' to the mind.

Gist of Idea

The Soul has no particular capacity (in the way thinking belongs to the mind)

Source

Jenny Teichmann (The Mind and the Soul [1974], Ch.1)

Book Reference

Teichmann,Jenny: 'The Mind and the Soul' [RKP 1974], p.4


A Reaction

There are no phenomena which have to be saved by postulating a soul. It lacks a function within a human being, but it has a crucial function within a large theological picture.