The animating principle of a living thing.
Greek
ψυχή (psychē)
Latin
anima
Aristotle’s De Anima makes the soul the form of a living body, not a separate substance.
Plato argues the soul is immortal and tripartite.
Where do these traditions agree, and where do they genuinely part? Open the editor to write the comparison in your own words.
Could the 'soul' be substrate-independent — realised in silicon? The question of machine mind revives the oldest debates about psychē.
Defined plainly: Hard Problem