Incarnation of the soul

Authors

  • Philippe Soual

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14232/kulonbseg.2021.21.1.302

Keywords:

body, mind, union

Abstract

This article questions the union of soul and body, seeing in them not two separate things to be in relation, but one and the same unit capable of differentiating itself by articulating its powers: a life of the spiritual soul. who is fulfilled, who is embodied in his carnal life. This can be seen if we consider the ages of life: this union is a singular story, with its rhythm and its aporias. This is the story of a gradual unification of oneself within one's body. This is verified in the life of the mature soul, where it manifests itself in its fleshly body; and in the hierarchical unity of spiritual powers, for the human soul is itself only insofar as an intellect informs its intimate and carnal life, in the unity of its breath, so that the sensitivity, imagination, memory and will are the manifestations of the intellect in the soul and in its personal body. 

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Author Biography

Philippe Soual

Professor of philosophy at the Institut Catholique de Toulouse. His main research area is classical German idealism, especially Hegel’s philosophy. His books include Intériorité et réflexion. Études sur la Logique de l’essence chez Hegel (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2001); Visages de l'individu (Paris: PUF, 2008); Le drame de la liberté. Introduction aux Principes de la philosophie du droit de Hegel (Paris: Hermann, 2011); L’homme incarné (Paris: Lethielleux, 2019).

Published

2022-03-12

How to Cite

Soual, P. (2022). Incarnation of the soul. Különbség (Difference), 21(1), 127–144. https://doi.org/10.14232/kulonbseg.2021.21.1.302

Issue

Section

Union of Body and Mind in Early Modern Philosophy