"psyché estin entelecheia hé prooté
soomatos physikou dynamei zoon echontos toiouton de, ho an hé organikon or entelecheia hé prooté soomatos physikou organikou
"
aristotle, which confirms the ancient notion of soul.
For who is sure he hath a soul, unless
It see, and judge, and follow worthiness,
And by deeds praise it? He who doth not this,
May lodge an inmate soul, but 'tis not his
john donne, which polemically witnesses the passage from the ancient to the modern idea of soul.
"Soul, in
religion and
philosophy, the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being, that which confers individuality and humanity, often considered to be synonymous with the
mind or the
self"
britannica, which adopts montesquieu's secular meaning of
esprit
you're confusing evidence-based assertions and plain pedantry.