Full Idea
When Aristotle speaks of the soul we could very often retain his meaning by speaking of personality.
Gist of Idea
When Aristotle speaks of soul he means something like personality
Source
Alasdair MacIntyre (A Short History of Ethics [1967], Ch. 7)
Book Reference
MacIntyre,Alasdair: 'A Short History of Ethics' [Routledge 1967], p.64
A Reaction
MacIntyre contrasts this strongly with Plato's dualist view. Famously Aristotle thinks the soul is the 'form' of the body, but this implies that he also includes the higher-level functions of the body. Soul is character?