Ruhun Cisim Olmayışı Üzerine

For example: if a body accepts a form or shape—such as a triangle—it cannot accept another shape, like a square or circle, unless the first shape departs from it. Likewise, if it accepts the image of an engraving, a script, or any other form of that genus, it cannot accept another image of that same kind until the first one has vanished and completely ceased to exist. If any trace of the first image remains, it will not accept the second image perfectly; rather, the two images will mix, and neither will be purely realized. For example, if wax accepts the image of an engraving in a seal, it cannot accept another engraving until the trace of the first one is removed. Similarly, silver—if it accepts the image of a seal—this is a fixed and constant law for bodies. We find, however, that our souls accept the forms of all things, in all their variety—both sensible objects and intelligible ones—in their entirety and perfection, without the first form departing, nor being displaced, nor the trace fading. Instead, the first trace remains whole and complete, and the soul accepts the second trace also whole and complete. It continues to accept image after image, eternally and always, without ever weakening or failing in its capacity to accept the images that arrive and occur to it. On the contrary, it gains strength from the first image to receive the next. This attribute is contrary to the properties of bodies. For this reason, a human's understanding increases the more they practice and excel in the sciences and the arts. Therefore, the soul is not a body.