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Single Idea 14526

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche]

Full Idea

Democritus and Epicurus say the soul has two parts, one which is rational and is situated in the chest area, and the other which is non-rational and is spread throughout the entire compound of the body

Gist of Idea

The rational soul is in the chest, and the non-rational soul is spread through the body

Source

Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE])

Book Reference

Epicurus: 'The Epicurus Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B. /Gerson,L. [Hackett 1994], p.94


A Reaction

[source Aetius 4.4.6]