Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: Cohesive Unity Message-ID: <643@psivax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 16:58:42 EDT Article-I.D.: psivax.643 Posted: Mon Aug 12 16:58:42 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 04:12:32 EDT References: <1386@pyuxd.UUCP> <1100@umcp-cs.UUCP> <1431@pyuxd.UUCP> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 17 Summary: In article <1431@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes: > >A soul is an entity separate from causal reality that foists its "will" onto >the physical body, independent of biochemical causality. Since that is the >side of the stick you are arguing on, souls are very important to your >side of the argument. >-- That is actually a rather late definition of "soul". The original definition refers to the "core" of persons self, what we might call "personality" or perhaps "the Id". So even here there is no implication of supernatural acausality. -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) {trwrb|allegra|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|aero!uscvax!akgua}!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen or {ttdica|quad1|bellcore|scgvaxd}!psivax!friesen