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On the Soul

Tertullian, ANF 3

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2. It is Not to the Philosophers that We Resort for Information About the Soul But to God
3. The Christian Has Sure and Simple Knowledge Concerning the Subject Before Us
4. The Soul’s Origin Defined Out of the Simple Words of Scripture
5. In Opposition to Plato, the Soul Was Created and Originated at Birth
6. Probable View of the Stoics, that the Soul Has a Corporeal Nature
7. The Arguments of the Platonists for the Soul’s Incorporeality, Opposed, Perhaps…
8. 7. The Soul’s Corporeality Demonstrated Out of the Gospels
9. 8. Other Platonist Arguments Considered
10. Particulars of the Alleged Communication to a Montanist Sister
11. The Simple Nature of the Soul is Asserted with Plato. The Identity of Spirit and Soul
12. Spirit-A Term Expressive of an Operation of the Soul, Not of Its Nature. To Be Carefully…
13. Difference Between the Mind and the Soul, and the Relation Between Them
14. 13. The Soul’s Supremacy
15. The Soul Variously Divided by the Philosophers; This Division is Not a Material Dissection
16. The Soul’s Vitality and Intelligence. Its Character and Seat in Man
17. 16. The Soul’s Parts. Elements of the Rational Soul
18. The Fidelity of the Senses, Impugned by Plato, Vindicated by Christ Himself
19. Plato Suggested Certain Errors to the Gnostics. Functions of the Soul
20. The Intellect Coeval with the Soul in the Human Being. An Example from Aristotle…
21. The Soul, as to Its Nature Uniform, But Its Faculties Variously Developed. Varieties Only…
22. As Free-Will Actuates an Individual So May His Character Change
23. 22. Recapitulation. Definition of the Soul
24. The Opinions of Sundry Heretics Which Originate Ultimately with Plato
25. Plato’s Inconsistency. He Supposes the Soul Self-Existent, Yet Capable of Forgetting What…
26. Tertullian Refutes, Physiologically, the Notion that the Soul is Introduced After Birth
27. Scripture Alone Offers Clear Knowledge on the Questions We Have Been Controverting
28. Soul and Body Conceived, Formed and Perfected in Element Simultaneously
29. The Pythagorean Doctrine of Transmigration Sketched and Censured
30. The Pythagorean Doctrine Refuted by Its Own First Principle, that Living Men are Formed…
31. Further Refutation of the Pythagorean Theory. The State of Contemporary Civilisation
32. Further Exposure of Transmigration, Its Inextricable Embarrassment
33. Empedocles Increased the Absurdity of Pythagoras by Developing the Posthumous Change of…
34. The Judicial Retribution of These Migrations Refuted with Raillery
35. These Vagaries Stimulated Some Profane Corruptions of Christianity. The Profanity of…
36. The Opinions of Carpocrates, Another Offset from the Pythagorean Dogmas, Stated and…
37. The Main Points of Our Author’s Subject. On the Sexes of the Human Race
38. On the Formation and State of the Embryo. Its Relation with the Subject of This Treatise
39. On the Growth of the Soul. Its Maturity Coincident with the Maturity of the Flesh in Man
40. The Evil Spirit Has Marred the Purity of the Soul from the Very Birth
41. The Body of Man Only Ancillary to the Soul in the Commission of Evil
42. Notwithstanding the Depravity of Man’s Soul by Original Sin, There is Yet Left a Basis…
43. Sleep, the Mirror of Death, as Introductory to the Consideration of Death
44. Sleep a Natural Function as Shown by Other Considerations, and by the Testimony of…
45. The Story of Hermotimus, and the Sleeplessness of the Emperor Nero. No Separation of the…
46. Dreams, an Incidental Effect of the Soul’s Activity. Ecstasy
47. Diversity of Dreams and Visions. Epicurus Thought Lightly of Them, Though Generally Most…
48. Dreams Variously Classified. Some are God-Sent, as the Dreams of Nebuchadnezzar; Others…
49. Causes and Circumstances of Dreams. What Best Contributes to Efficient Dreaming
50. 49. No Soul Naturally Exempt from Dreams
51. The Absurd Opinion of Epicurus and the Profane Conceits of the Heretic Menander on Death,…
52. 51. Death Entirely Separates the Soul from the Body
53. All Kinds of Death a Violence to Nature, Arising from Sin.—Sin an Intrusion Upon Nature…
54. The Entire Soul Being Indivisible Remains to the Last Act of Vitality; Never Partially or…
55. Whither Does the Soul Retire When It Quits the Body? Opinions of Philosophers All More or…
56. The Christian Idea of the Position of Hades; The Blessedness of Paradise Immediately…
57. Refutation of the Homeric View of the Soul’s Detention from Hades Owing to the Body’s…
58. Magic and Sorcery Only Apparent in Their Effects. God Alone Can Raise the Dead
59. Conclusion. Points Postponed. All Souls are Kept in Hades Until the Resurrection,…