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A Compendium on the Soul

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A concise philosophical account examines the soul as a composite of distinct powers, classifying vegetative, sensory, and rational faculties and showing how perception, imagination, memory, and choice emerge from their interplay. It treats intellective activity in terms of potential and actual intellects and posits an active intellect that abstracts universals from sense data. The relation between soul and bodily organs is analyzed, linking psychological operations to physiological conditions while arguing for the soul's immaterial aspects and its possible persistence after bodily death. Analytical definitions, logical proofs, and illustrative observations are combined to present a compact handbook of medieval psychological theory for learners and patrons.

A
COMPENDIUM
ON THE
SOUL,

BY
Abû-'Aly al-Husayn Ibn 'Abdallah Ibn Sînâ:

TRANSLATED, FROM THE ARABIC ORIGINAL,
BY
EDWARD ABBOTT van DYCK,

WITH
Grateful Acknowledgement of the Substantial Help
OBTAINED
From Dr. S. Landauer’s Concise German Translation,
AND FROM
James Middleton
MacDonald’s Literal English Translation;

AND
PRINTED
AT
VERONA, ITALY, in THE YEAR 1906,
For the Use of Pupils and Students of Government Schools
IN
Cairo, Egypt.