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Ideas for 'Consciousness', '75: Is 'Live Unknown' a Wise Precept?' and 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter'

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

5959	Some philosophers say the soul is light [Plutarch]
	Full Idea: Some philosophers hold that the soul is in its essence light.
	From: Plutarch (75: Is 'Live Unknown' a Wise Precept? [c.85], §6)
	A reaction: A nice idea, to rival the stoic view that the soul is fire. It is understandable to propose that the soul is some sort of lightweight and fast moving matter. How else could thought be achieved physically? Nowadays, parallel processing is our only model.