Excerpt from On the Science of Sensibility, or Simple Element of Soul: And the Spirit of Life and Origin of Species, and Natural Cause of the Constancy of Each Species to Its Type In the books which have come under our observation we note three particular references to the construction, variety, and definition of soul: One by Moses, one by Solomon, and one by Webster, each of which we shall refer to in its proper order. Webster defines it to be "the spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man - life, vital principle; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of moral government; - sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature or spirit of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and fantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational power; - sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of mans nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from intellect; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling." Thus Webster makes soul the embodiment, essence, warp and woof, of that which gives vitality to man: motive power, cause of development, reasoning capacity, ideas, judgment, memory, and determines the course of his actions, directs his mode of life, and constitutes him a self-acting institution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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