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CONTENTS Chapter Page 1 The discussions about the soul by the philosophers, especially Plato in the Phaedo, are of no value. . 179 2 Beware of the philosophers who have distorted the truth. We learn of the soul from God . . . . • • . 182 3 The philosophers are the patriarchs of the heretics. The soul comes from the breath of God . 185 4 The soul had a beginning in God . . . .. 187 5 The soul is corporeal 187 6 Refutation of Plato on incorporeality of the soul 189 7 The Gospel proves the soul is corporeal . 193 8 The soul is corporeal even though invisible 194 9 The shape of the soul 196 10 The identity of life, breath, and soul 199 11 The difference between soul and breath 202 12 Soul and mind 13 The superiority of soul over mind 14 The soul has no parts 15 The directive faculty of the soul 16 Plato's division of the soul 17 The reliability of sense perception 18 Mind should not be separated from the senses 19 The soul is complete from its very beginning 175 .205 .207 .208 209 212 214 .218 .223 Chapter Page 20 The uniformity of the human soul .226 21 Refutation of the Valentini'ans .228 22 Summary of preceding chapters 230 23 Heretical theories on the soul stem from Plato 231 24 Refutation of Plato's doctrine of reminiscence 232 25 The soul is present even in the smallest embryo 236 26 Holy Scripture testifies that the fetus has a soul 240 27 The simultaneous origin of body and soul 242 28 Pythagoras the inventor of the doctrine of transmigra· tion of souls 245 29 Plato's doctrine of 'opposites' is no proof of trans· migration 247 30 According to Plato, the number of souls in the human race must always remain constant . 249 31 Various arguments against the doctrine of transmigration 251 32 Refutation of the doctrine of Empedocles, that a human soul may return to the body of an animal 252 33 Transmigration neither necessary nor adequate as pun· ishment or reward for former sins 256 34 Refutation of Simon Magus, who taught a kind of trans· migration 260 35 Refutation of the theory of Carpocrates . . 262 36 The sex of the soul is determined at the moment of con· ception . 265 37 Stages in the development of the body and soul . 266 176 Chapter Page 38 Puberty of the soul 268 39 The influence of the Devil on the new-born soul 270 40 Body and soul with relation to sin 271 41 Original sin and baptism 273 42 Relation of the soul to death 274 43 The nature of sleep 275 44 The story of Hermotimus 279 45 A dream is the result of 'ecstasy , 280 46 The significance of prophetic dreams 281 47 The causes of dreams 285 48 The influence of seasons, bodily position, and food on d~~ ~6 49 Everyone has dreams 288 50 All things living will die 288 51 Death is the separation of body and soul 290 52 Every death is violent and contrary to nature • 293 53 A lingering death is no argument for divisibility 294 54 Refutation of the theories of philosophers as to the abode of souls after death 296 55 The Christian view of Hell 298 56 Immediately after death, souls go down to Hell 300 57 The dead cannot come back to earth 303 58 The reward and punishment of souls during their temporary stay in Hell 307 177 ...

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