Quote Originally Posted by kazza1985 View Post
According to wiki, it is derived from "sawel" as first noted in the Beowulf poem.

It is defined as the "essence of a being/person" and what that means depends on your stance.

In philosophical terms, Plato and Sacrotes considered it to be a separate essence to the physical body and decides how we behave but Aristotle sees it as not being separate.
Psychology literally means "study of the soul".

Then you have the religious beliefs. Spiritualism believing it to be separate, christianity believing it not to be, but both believing the spirit exists following death.

And Science seeing it as the mind, cognition ect.

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