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Muitas culturas têm reconhecido a existência de um princípio incorpóreo que designam como Alma. De uma perspectiva religiosa e filosófica, o aspecto imaterial de um ser humano é muitas vezes considerado como sinónimo de mente ou carácter. Em teologia, a alma é definida como a parte que participa da divindade e que sobrevive ao corpo. Enquanto a civilização grega antiga tinha do Homem uma perspectiva preponderantemente dualista, a cultura bíblica sempre sustentou uma visão unitária. Sabemos que o termo deriva do hebraico nephesh e também do latim animu e que,em Grego antigo, a palavra utilizada para designar alma era Pneuma. Ao considerar a história evolutiva do conceito, iremos referir as visões de Sócrates, Platão, os Estóicos, Aristóteles, os Egípcios, os Chineses, os Hindus, Sto. Agostinho, S. Tomás de Aquino, Descartes e Spinoza. De toda esta ideologia vieram, posteriormente, a desenvolver-se - incrementando as raízes de que derivavam - os actuais conceitos de alma, que foram a base de muitas religiões, cujos seguidores acreditam possuir almas, ou serem acompanhados por elas e mesmo até serem eles próprios as almas.
Many cultures have acknowledged the existence of a psychological principle designated as Soul. From a religious and philosophical perspective, the immaterial aspect of a human being is often considered as synonymous of mind or character. In theology, the soul is defined as the part which participates of divinity and survives the body. While ancient Greek civilization had a mainly dualistic perspective of man, the biblical culture has always had a unitary vision. We know that the word soul derives from the Hebrew nephesh and also of the Latin animu and thatin old Greek, the term used to designate soul was Pneuma. Considering the evolving history of the concept, in this Editorial, we will refer to the visions of Socrates, Plato, the Stoics, Aristotle, the ancient Egyptians, Chinese and Hindus, St. Augustine, St. Thomas of Aquino, Descartes and Spinoza. Afterwards, from all this ideology – by incrementing the roots of which they derived – we have the present concepts of soul, that were the basis of many religions, whose followers believe to possess souls, or being accompanied by them or even to being souls themselves.
Many cultures have acknowledged the existence of a psychological principle designated as Soul. From a religious and philosophical perspective, the immaterial aspect of a human being is often considered as synonymous of mind or character. In theology, the soul is defined as the part which participates of divinity and survives the body. While ancient Greek civilization had a mainly dualistic perspective of man, the biblical culture has always had a unitary vision. We know that the word soul derives from the Hebrew nephesh and also of the Latin animu and thatin old Greek, the term used to designate soul was Pneuma. Considering the evolving history of the concept, in this Editorial, we will refer to the visions of Socrates, Plato, the Stoics, Aristotle, the ancient Egyptians, Chinese and Hindus, St. Augustine, St. Thomas of Aquino, Descartes and Spinoza. Afterwards, from all this ideology – by incrementing the roots of which they derived – we have the present concepts of soul, that were the basis of many religions, whose followers believe to possess souls, or being accompanied by them or even to being souls themselves.
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Alma Etimologia do conceito Filosofia Religião Soul Concept etymology Philosophy Religion