Psychology |
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Part One - Essence of the Human Soul |
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| Book 4 - The simplicity of the human
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| Contents |
| The meaning of simplicity |
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| Classification of the proofs of the simplicity of the soul |
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| The simplicity of the soul shown from the properties with which the soul is furnished |
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| The proofs of the simplicity of the soul from its operations in general |
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| Proofs drawn from the passive and active operations of the soul |
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| Development of the proof of the simplicity of the soul from the nature of the continuum |
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| Development of the proof drawn from the opposition existing between extrasubjective phenomena accompanying sensation, and sensation itself |
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| Some proofs, given by the ancients, for the simplicity of the soul coincide with our own |
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| How the sensitive soul can multiply but not divide |
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| Continuation - Multiplication of polyps |
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| Causes of death and of generation |
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| Causes of different organisation in animals |
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| The law according to which the sentient principle carries out the organising function |
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| Spontaneous generation |
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Various opinions about the truth of spontaneous generation |
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Does the opinion of spontaneous generation favour the materialists' system? |
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Animals considered by antiquity as emerging from apparently brute matter |
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| The hypothesis that all particles of matter are animated |
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The hypothesis that all particles of matter are animated does not favour materialism |
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The hypothesis does not favour pantheism |
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Opinions about the animation of the particles of matter |
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Indian philosophers |
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Greek and Italian philosophers, and those of other nations |
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German and English philosophers |
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Does the hypothesis of animation contradict common sense? |
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Does the hypothesis of the animation of the elements harmonise with the progress of the natural sciences? |
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Apparent life and latent life |
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Three forms or levels of sensitive life: life of continuity, of stimulation and of self-renewing stimulation |
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The first kind of life (non-apparent): a feeling of continuity |
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The second kind of (non-apparent) life: a feeling of simple stimulation |
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The third kind of (apparent) life: a feeling of perpetual stimulation |
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Different organisation is the cause of the varieties of life |
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Sensitive and insensitive parts of the animal |
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Important questions still to be solved |
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Direct proofs of the life of the first elements; these proofs make the hypothesis practically certain |
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| Unlimited space as the term of sensitive souls |
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| Individuality |
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The concept and nature of individuality |
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Individuality of the human being in so far as it is rooted in intuition |
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Individuality in animals |
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Human individuality in so far as it is founded in the perception of an individuated animal feeling |
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| Living fluids |
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| Animal death |
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| The source of animal life |
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| The simplicity of the human soul relative to the intellective principle |
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| The simplicity and oneness of the rational soul |
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| The origin of the intellective soul |
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