Answer to Question #319336 in Philosophy for Nad

Question

Read and analyze the selection. Describe which aspect of transcendence it relates to. Write your reflections on the space provided.

The flight of the spirit is something which I do not know how to describe. It is an uprising from the very depth of the soul. I can recall only this comparison.... It seems to me that soul and spirit are one and the same thing. It is as with a fire which is large and has been prepared for lighting. The soul has been prepared by god, and, like the fire, blazes quickly and sends up a flame which soars high.... So, it is here, with the soul; there seems to come out of it something swift and subtle which rises to its higher part and goes whither the lord wills. More than this it is impossible to explain; it is like a flight and I know nothing else with which to compare it.

Answer 1

Soul is an entity given to living beings by God. It is hard to describe and explain what is soul. Soul and spirits have relationship whereby they ate viewed as same thing.