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Soul: The Philosophy of the Immaterial Self
The soul in philosophy: Plato on the immortal soul, Aristotle's account of the soul as form, Descartes on mind and body, Augustine on the soul and God, and the metaphysics of the self.
The soul is the immaterial principle thought to animate, form, or constitute the person. The philosophy of the soul asks what the soul is, whether it exists, and what its fate at death would be.
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