II. Whether the
Soul Exists.
Our body, 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 impulsion446
nor by traction,
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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.
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