The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in
man; 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 phantasy, exclusive
of the voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction
from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat
of feeling, in distinction from intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect
only; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from
feeling. In a more general sense, "an animating, separable,
surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence."
The seat of real life or vitality; the
source of action; the animating or essential part.
The leader; the inspirer; the moving
spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able
general is the soul of his army.
Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection,
or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature;
inherent power or goodness.
A human being; a person; -- a familiar
appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor
soul.
A pure or disembodied spirit.
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