Theme

Philosophy quotes about soul

Soul appears in this archive as a live philosophical concern—not a slogan. These verified English passages show how thinkers treat soul as a problem of judgment, practice, or explanation.

Why this theme matters

Across 4 recurring voices here (notably Plato and Avicenna), soul is framed through Islamic Philosophy and Platonism. Some passages define soul; others warn how it fails; still others relocate it inside habit, community, or language.

In the history of philosophy

Discussions of soul travel through Greek and Islamic traditions. Compare the quotations below with their school labels rather than forcing a single definition.

Thinkers in this collection

Plotinus , Plato , Cicero , Al-Farabi , Avicenna

Frequently asked questions

What did philosophers say about soul?

They disagreed in productive ways. In this archive, Plato, Avicenna, and related voices treat soul as something to clarify, cultivate, or critique—not merely to celebrate.

Where can I find philosophy quotes about soul?

This theme page gathers 7 verified English quotations tagged Soul, with links to thinkers and sources.

How should I read quotes about soul?

Read the sentence, then check school and source. A compact line is an entry point into an argument about soul, not a substitute for the surrounding text.

  1. Withdraw into yourself and look.
  2. This very practice of philosophers is a release and separation of soul from body.
  3. Philosophy is the cultivation of the soul.
  4. Every human soul has by nature beheld the things that are.
  5. The soul has health and sickness just as the body has health and sickness.
  6. Suppose a person were created at once, fully mature, but with sight veiled and limbs outstretched so that he touched nothing; he would affirm his own existence without affirming any body.
  7. The soul is a substance; it is not a body, nor is it impressed in a body as a form in matter in the way of bodily forms.