AFVI
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III

Author
Tertullian
Early Church Fathers / Public domain
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783 chapters English Public domain
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783 chapters

201 Other Platonist Arguments Considered. 202 Particulars of the Alleged Communication to a Montanist Sister. 203 The Simple Nature of the Soul is Asserted with Plato. The Identity of Spirit and Soul. 204 Spirit--A Term Expressive of an Operation of the Soul, Not of Its Nature. To Be Carefully Distinguished from the Spirit of God. 205 Difference Between the Mind and the Soul, and the Relation Between Them. 206 The Soul's Supremacy. 207 The Soul Variously Divided by the Philosophers; This Division is Not a Material Dissection. 208 The Soul's Vitality and Intelligence. Its Character and Seat in Man. 209 The Soul's Parts. Elements of the Rational Soul. 210 The Fidelity of the Senses, Impugned by Plato, Vindicated by Christ Himself. 211 Plato Suggested Certain Errors to the Gnostics. Functions of the Soul. 212 The Intellect Coeval with the Soul in the Human Being. An Example from Aristotle Converted into Evidence Favourable to These Views. 213 The Soul, as to Its Nature Uniform, But Its Faculties Variously Developed. Varieties Only Accidental. 214 As Free-Will Actuates an Individual So May His Character Change. 215 Recapitulation. Definition of the Soul. 216 The Opinions of Sundry Heretics Which Originate Ultimately with Plato. 217 Plato's Inconsistency. He Supposes the Soul Self-Existent, Yet Capable of Forgetting What Passed in a Previous State. 218 Tertullian Refutes, Physiologically, the Notion that the Soul is Introduced After Birth. 219 Scripture Alone Offers Clear Knowledge on the Questions We Have Been Controverting. 220 Soul and Body Conceived, Formed and Perfected in Element Simultaneously. 221 The Pythagorean Doctrine of Transmigration Sketched and Censured. 222 The Pythagorean Doctrine Refuted by Its Own First Principle, that Living Men are Formed from the Dead. 223 Further Refutation of the Pythagorean Theory. The State of Contemporary Civilisation. 224 Further Exposure of Transmigration, Its Inextricable Embarrassment. 225 Empedocles Increased the Absurdity of Pythagoras by Developing the Posthumous Change of Men into Various Animals.
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AFVI
Title

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III

Author
Tertullian
Early Church Fathers / Public domain
Details
783 chapters English Public domain
About this book

No short description is available for this text.

Table of contents

783 chapters

201 Other Platonist Arguments Considered. 202 Particulars of the Alleged Communication to a Montanist Sister. 203 The Simple Nature of the Soul is Asserted with Plato. The Identity of Spirit and Soul. 204 Spirit--A Term Expressive of an Operation of the Soul, Not of Its Nature. To Be Carefully Distinguished from the Spirit of God. 205 Difference Between the Mind and the Soul, and the Relation Between Them. 206 The Soul's Supremacy. 207 The Soul Variously Divided by the Philosophers; This Division is Not a Material Dissection. 208 The Soul's Vitality and Intelligence. Its Character and Seat in Man. 209 The Soul's Parts. Elements of the Rational Soul. 210 The Fidelity of the Senses, Impugned by Plato, Vindicated by Christ Himself. 211 Plato Suggested Certain Errors to the Gnostics. Functions of the Soul. 212 The Intellect Coeval with the Soul in the Human Being. An Example from Aristotle Converted into Evidence Favourable to These Views. 213 The Soul, as to Its Nature Uniform, But Its Faculties Variously Developed. Varieties Only Accidental. 214 As Free-Will Actuates an Individual So May His Character Change. 215 Recapitulation. Definition of the Soul. 216 The Opinions of Sundry Heretics Which Originate Ultimately with Plato. 217 Plato's Inconsistency. He Supposes the Soul Self-Existent, Yet Capable of Forgetting What Passed in a Previous State. 218 Tertullian Refutes, Physiologically, the Notion that the Soul is Introduced After Birth. 219 Scripture Alone Offers Clear Knowledge on the Questions We Have Been Controverting. 220 Soul and Body Conceived, Formed and Perfected in Element Simultaneously. 221 The Pythagorean Doctrine of Transmigration Sketched and Censured. 222 The Pythagorean Doctrine Refuted by Its Own First Principle, that Living Men are Formed from the Dead. 223 Further Refutation of the Pythagorean Theory. The State of Contemporary Civilisation. 224 Further Exposure of Transmigration, Its Inextricable Embarrassment. 225 Empedocles Increased the Absurdity of Pythagoras by Developing the Posthumous Change of Men into Various Animals.
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AFVI
Title

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III

Author
Tertullian
Early Church Fathers / Public domain
Details
783 chapters English Public domain
About this book

No short description is available for this text.

Table of contents

783 chapters

201 Other Platonist Arguments Considered. 202 Particulars of the Alleged Communication to a Montanist Sister. 203 The Simple Nature of the Soul is Asserted with Plato. The Identity of Spirit and Soul. 204 Spirit--A Term Expressive of an Operation of the Soul, Not of Its Nature. To Be Carefully Distinguished from the Spirit of God. 205 Difference Between the Mind and the Soul, and the Relation Between Them. 206 The Soul's Supremacy. 207 The Soul Variously Divided by the Philosophers; This Division is Not a Material Dissection. 208 The Soul's Vitality and Intelligence. Its Character and Seat in Man. 209 The Soul's Parts. Elements of the Rational Soul. 210 The Fidelity of the Senses, Impugned by Plato, Vindicated by Christ Himself. 211 Plato Suggested Certain Errors to the Gnostics. Functions of the Soul. 212 The Intellect Coeval with the Soul in the Human Being. An Example from Aristotle Converted into Evidence Favourable to These Views. 213 The Soul, as to Its Nature Uniform, But Its Faculties Variously Developed. Varieties Only Accidental. 214 As Free-Will Actuates an Individual So May His Character Change. 215 Recapitulation. Definition of the Soul. 216 The Opinions of Sundry Heretics Which Originate Ultimately with Plato. 217 Plato's Inconsistency. He Supposes the Soul Self-Existent, Yet Capable of Forgetting What Passed in a Previous State. 218 Tertullian Refutes, Physiologically, the Notion that the Soul is Introduced After Birth. 219 Scripture Alone Offers Clear Knowledge on the Questions We Have Been Controverting. 220 Soul and Body Conceived, Formed and Perfected in Element Simultaneously. 221 The Pythagorean Doctrine of Transmigration Sketched and Censured. 222 The Pythagorean Doctrine Refuted by Its Own First Principle, that Living Men are Formed from the Dead. 223 Further Refutation of the Pythagorean Theory. The State of Contemporary Civilisation. 224 Further Exposure of Transmigration, Its Inextricable Embarrassment. 225 Empedocles Increased the Absurdity of Pythagoras by Developing the Posthumous Change of Men into Various Animals.
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