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On the Subject of the Soul

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Section 2

About this work

Author: Gregory Thaumaturgus

Section 2

II. Whether the Soul Exists.

Our body,

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when

it

is

put

in

action

,

is

put

in

action

either

from

without

or

from

within

.

And

that

it

is

not

put

in

action

from

without

,

is

manifest

from

the

circumstance

that

it

is

put

in

action

neither

by

impulsion

nor

by

traction

,

like

soulless

things

.

And

again

,

if

it

is

put

in

action

from

within

,

it

is

not

put

in

action

according

to

nature

,

like

fire

.

For

fire

never

loses

its

action

as

long

as

there

is

fire

;

whereas

the

body

,

when

it

has

become

dead

,

is

a

body

void

of

action

.

Hence

,

if

it

is

put

in

action

neither

from

without

,

like

soulless

things

,

nor

according

to

nature

,

after

the

fashion

of

fire

,

it

is

evident

that

it

is

put

in

action

by

the

soul

,

which

also

furnishes

life

to

it

.

If

,

then

,

the

soul

is

shown

to

furnish

the

life

to

our

body

,

the

soul

will

also

be

known

for

itself

by

its

operations

.

Notes

1
ὠθούμενον.
2
ἑλκόμενον.