sometimes I have the impression we don't pay much attention to what we
write, and just react instinctively:
> If intellect is something that emerges from the union of various parts
> but
> is in no way reducible to those parts, isn't that the definition of
> the
> soul?
There is a HUGE difference! Go back to my example of water: would you
conclude that water is a manifestation of the soul of hydrogen and
oxygen?
;-)
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