Chapter 6: Psychological Difference Between Human and Animal—On the Sensory Powers of the Human Soul

The sensory powers of the soul are: (1) the Cognitive, from which sensory knowledge is produced. (2) the Affective, through which character and religious worship are shaped; and (3) the Appetitive, through which desires, inclinations, and moral emotions are generated, but also from another source.

These powers, when strengthened through teaching, fortify the soul’s powers and exercise the greatest influence on the moral character of man. Upon his appearance and whole organism of man, because all activity of the human organism is psycho-physically ennobled and makes man the exemplar of living existence. Education and teaching strengthen the soul’s powers and exercise the greatest influence on the moral character of man. The elucidation of this chapter will reveal the chaos separating man from animal and will establish the worth of each.