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Single Idea 21828

[catalogued under 16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity]

Full Idea

Man is not merely a part (the higher part) of the Soul but the total.

Gist of Idea

A person is the whole of their soul

Source

Plotinus (The Enneads [c.245], 5.1.12)

Book Reference

Plotinus: 'The Enneads', ed/tr. Mackenna,Stephen [Penguin 1991], p.360


A Reaction

The soul is psuche, which includes the vegetative soul. The higher part is normally taken to be reason. This seems pretty close to John Locke's view of the matter.

Related Ideas

Idea 1650 For Socrates our soul, though hard to define, is our self [Vlastos on Socrates]

Idea 1378 My little finger is part of me if I am conscious of it [Locke]