Tertullian
A Treatise on the Soul
3rd c.
Classic translation Public domain
Dogmatic & Doctrinal · English translation, 1890
Contents
- It is Not to the Philosophers That We Resort for Information About the Soul But…
- The Christian Has Sure and Simple Knowledge Concerning the Subject Before Us
- The Soul's Origin Defined Out of the Simple Words of Scripture
- In Opposition to Plato, the Soul Was Created and Originated at Birth
- Probable View of the Stoics, That the Soul Has a Corporeal Nature
- The Arguments of the Platonists for the Soul's Incorporeality, Opposed, Perhaps…
- The Soul's Corporeality Demonstrated Out of the Gospels
- Other Platonist Arguments Considered
- Particulars of the Alleged Communication to a Montanist Sister
- The Simple Nature of the Soul is Asserted With Plato. The Identity of Spirit…
- Spirit--A Term Expressive of an Operation of the Soul, Not of Its Nature. To Be…
- Difference Between the Mind and the Soul, and the Relation Between Them
- The Soul's Supremacy
- The Soul Variously Divided by the Philosophers; This Division is Not a Material…
- The Soul's Vitality and Intelligence. Its Character and Seat in Man
- The Soul's Parts. Elements of the Rational Soul
- The Fidelity of the Senses, Impugned by Plato, Vindicated by Christ Himself
- Plato Suggested Certain Errors to the Gnostics. Functions of the Soul
- The Intellect Coeval With the Soul in the Human Being. An Example From…
- The Soul, as to Its Nature Uniform, But Its Faculties Variously Developed…
- As Free-Will Actuates an Individual So May His Character Change
- Recapitulation. Definition of the Soul
- The Opinions of Sundry Heretics Which Originate Ultimately With Plato
- Plato's Inconsistency. He Supposes the Soul Self-Existent, Yet Capable of…
- Tertullian Refutes, Physiologically, the Notion That the Soul is Introduced…
- Scripture Alone Offers Clear Knowledge on the Questions We Have Been…
- Soul and Body Conceived, Formed and Perfected in Element Simultaneously
- The Pythagorean Doctrine of Transmigration Sketched and Censured
- The Pythagorean Doctrine Refuted by Its Own First Principle, That Living Men…
- Further Refutation of the Pythagorean Theory. The State of Contemporary…
- Further Exposure of Transmigration, Its Inextricable Embarrassment
- Empedocles Increased the Absurdity of Pythagoras by Developing the Posthumous…
- The Judicial Retribution of These Migrations Refuted With Raillery
- These Vagaries Stimulated Some Profane Corruptions of Christianity. The…
- The Opinions of Carpocrates, Another Offset From the Pythagorean Dogmas, Stated…
- The Main Points of Our Author's Subject. On the Sexes of the Human Race
- On the Formation and State of the Embryo. Its Relation With the Subject of This…
- On the Growth of the Soul. Its Maturity Coincident With the Maturity of the…
- The Evil Spirit Has Marred the Purity of the Soul From the Very Birth
- The Body of Man Only Ancillary to the Soul in the Commission of Evil
- Notwithstanding the Depravity of Man's Soul by Original Sin, There is Yet Left…
- Sleep, the Mirror of Death, as Introductory to the Consideration of Death
- Sleep a Natural Function as Shown by Other Considerations, and by the Testimony…
- The Story of Hermotimus, and the Sleeplessness of the Emperor Nero. No…
- Dreams, an Incidental Effect of the Soul's Activity. Ecstasy
- Diversity of Dreams and Visions. Epicurus Thought Lightly of Them, Though…
- Dreams Variously Classified. Some Are God-Sent, as the Dreams of…
- Causes and Circumstances of Dreams. What Best Contributes to Efficient Dreaming
- No Soul Naturally Exempt From Dreams
- The Absurd Opinion of Epicurus and the Profane Conceits of the Heretic Menander…
- Death Entirely Separates the Soul From the Body
- All Kinds of Death a Violence to Nature, Arising From Sin.--Sin an Intrusion…
- The Entire Soul Being Indivisible Remains to the Last Act of Vitality; Never…
- Whither Does the Soul Retire When It Quits the Body? Opinions of Philosophers…
- The Christian Idea of the Position of Hades; The Blessedness of Paradise…
- Refutation of the Homeric View of the Soul's Detention From Hades Owing to the…
- Magic and Sorcery Only Apparent in Their Effects. God Alone Can Raise the Dead
- Conclusion. Points Postponed. All Souls Are Kept in Hades Until the…