It will perhaps be said, that nobody thinks that the shape makes anything immortal, but it is the shape that is the sign of a rational soul within, which is immortal.
This grace, however, would not have been natural, for it would not have been transfused by virtue of the semen; but would have been conferred on man immediately on his receiving a rational soul.
There exists, therefore, an operation of the soul which so far exceeds the corporeal nature that it is not even performed by any corporeal organ; and such is the operation of the rational soul.
It is thus that Plato begins his Psychology with Kosmology: the Kosmos is in his view a divine immortal being or animal, composed of a spherical rotatory body and a rational soul, cognitive as well as motive.
The virtue of the semi-rational soul, or Ethical Virtue.
Volusianum cxxxvi): "The greatness of the Divine power fitted to itself a rational soul, and through it a human body, so as to raise the whole man to something higher.
Man has three souls, a plant soul, an animal soul and a rational soul.
The higher power is the reason or rational soul, the lower is the animal or vegetative soul; and man's business is to see that the reason rules over the lower nature.
Again, if man can grow without a plant soul, he can live without an animal soul, and know without a rational soul, which is absurd.
These ideas are identified with the rational soul, and there results the acquired Intellect, which, as absolutely immaterial, is immortal and becomes one with the world soul of which it is a part.
Now this principle of vital activity cannot be a rational soul, for each cell has its own principle of activity, and in man there is but one soul.
A body, however, is established in the human species by receiving a rational soul, and this soul, then, is its form.
If this were sufficient reason for deferring the advent of the rational soul, then a baby six months after birth would have no rational soul because it certainly lacks the supposedly requisite organs.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rational soul" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
