Soul#
Summary#
In the Stoic view of Marcus Aurelius, the soul is the rational governing principle within each person, capable of self-examination and self-determination. It should strive to become good, simple, and content, free from dependence on external things. The Stoics also held that there is one universal soul distributed among all individuals, connecting them through a shared intelligent principle. Nietzsche, by contrast, challenges the very existence of the soul as a unified subject, arguing that “I” may be merely a grammatical convention rather than a fundamental reality.
Mentioned In#
Meditations#
- IX.35 ↖ Book IX
- X.1 ↖ Book X
- XI.1 ↖ Book XI
- XI.3 ↖ Book XI
- XI.19 ↖ Book XI
- XI.23 ↖ Book XI
- XII.10 ↖ Book XII
- XII.27 ↖ Book XII
- XII.31 ↖ Book XII
- XII.33 ↖ Book XII