The Soul is an Octopus: Ancient Ideas of Life and the Body by Uta Kornmeier
The Soul is an Octopus: Ancient Ideas of Life and the Body

Uta Kornmeier

The Soul is an Octopus: Ancient Ideas of Life and the Body

Uta Kornmeier

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In antiquity, doctors and philosophers identified the physical body as the space in which life was located and originated. They used the word psychê or 'soul' to refer to the force in spiring, organising and energising the body. It was the soul th...

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