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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 Ref
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.
| 9292 | The Soul has no particular capacity (in the way thinking belongs to the mind) [Teichmann] |
| 9295 | Not only substances have attributes; events, actions, states and qualities can have them [Teichmann] |
| 9293 | Body-spirit interaction ought to result in losses and increases of energy in the material world [Teichmann] |
| 9294 | No individuating marks distinguish between Souls [Teichmann] |