However, as I said above (sect. 4.1), an element of non-rationality always remains in souls (De an. procr.
After death, Plutarch claims, souls go through the process of reincarnation, which, as in Plato, is a form of punishment for wicked souls (De sera 567D-F).
This also seems to be the purport of Aristotle's rejection of the simple mechanistic accounts of growth which he considers when discussing the nutritive soul (De Anima ii 4, 415b27 416a20; cf. De Generatione et Corruptione i 5).
The cognitive faculty for intelligibles, the human intellect, is external to the embodied soul (De an. procr.
Throughout his teaching career at his native university, he also taught philosophy of nature and science of the soul (De anima).
This is presumably why Aristotle says of such a body: "The body which has lost its soul is not the one which is potentially alive; this is rather the one which has a soul" (De Anima ii 1 412b25-26).
This is supported by the fact that for Plutarch Osiris is both the intellect and the logos present in the world soul (De Iside 371A, 376C, De an. procr.
Unlike other kinds of love, love of God is "honest" and "safe," for its object never deserts the seeking soul (De utilitate, OO, II, 6, 25a. 500a; De sapientia, OO, I, 500 501; ed. Bracali, 30 36).
As we have seen while examining his natural philosophy, Cardano's moral views assign a central role to the soul: "The soul is the most important thing we own; everything refers to it, for riches, honors, and health are nothing without a sound soul" (De utilitate, OO, II, 10a).
Although he had initially identified only these three faculties of soul (De Anima ii 2, 413b12), Aristotle now notes that something must explain the fact that animals engage in goal-directed behavior in order to achieve their conscious and unconscious goals.
Sadly, the current climate in America rarely offers the kinds of nurturing and affirming experiences that will feed the souls of "de mules of the world".
