Appears in: Joyce’s Ulysses
Frequency: 3
Definition:
(noun) 1) The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to thing, and which renders him a subject of moral government;–sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; –sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man’s nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from intellect; — sometimes, the intellect only; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling; 2) The seat of real life or vitality the source of action; the animating or essential part; 3) The leader; the insiperer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army; 4) Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness 5) A human being; a person; — a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul; 6) A pure or disembodied spirit (MW)
