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This soul is infinite and immortal, because it is a manifestation of the infinite G-d.
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Editor's Comment
Edited secular philosophy. Name of the philosopher? Aristotle.
The following passage is straight from wikipedia.
Aristotle contended that happiness could not be found only in pleasure or only in fame and honor. He finally finds happiness "by ascertaining the specific function of man." But what is this function that will bring happiness? *To determine this, Aristotle analyzed the soul and found it to have three parts: the Nutritive Soul (plants, animals and humans), the Perceptive Soul (animals and humans) and the Rational Soul (humans only).*
In ancient times, the entire world had the capacity to "tap-in" to this realization and could sense the spiritual counterpart to every inanimate object! Hence - the idea of idol worship, which seems silly to us, actually was quite logical to humankind back then. That explains the desire to worship stones, trees, astronomical bodies, etc. (The Kabbalah and the Rambam can verify this approach.)
But - as far as a "soul" is concerned, G-d has implanted that unique "attachment" into humans only - as a way to establish a connection with him!
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