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Full Idea
There are no individuating marks which could serve to differentiate one Soul from another.
Gist of Idea
No individuating marks distinguish between Souls
Source
Jenny Teichmann (The Mind and the Soul [1974], Ch.2)
Book Ref
Teichmann,Jenny: 'The Mind and the Soul' [RKP 1974], p.16
A Reaction
Presumably they could have at least much identity as two different electrons (if they are in space-time?). It is hard to see why anyone would be interested in their 'own' immortality, if loss of all individuality was a condition.
| 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] |