Definition of soul

"Soul is enhance (make it perfection) for naturally physic that potentially has a life" (Aristoteles).

This topic, is one chapter from book by Avicenna and edited by Irwan Kurniawan entitled "Psikologi Ibnu Sinna" ( Psychology of Avicenna ).

Broadly Speaking the part or faculty -hereafter referred to faculty- the self employed in physic, divided into two parts.

First, faculty that do activities in physic deliberately with base his own will, divided into two parts. (1) which has plurality purpose and choices, making the activity in physic, has many aspect and different way, although because differences in the absence ('adam) and talents (malakah), such as motion and motionless, as well as opposing aspects, such as the movement 'bottom up' and 'top down'. (2) which have unity of purpose and choice that also has an aspect of its activities and way.

Second, faculty that conduct their activities in the physical work on the basis of necessity, without a purpose and preferred, split in two. (1) which have a unified course of action, such as active faculty in the upward movement of fire, and (2) which has a plurality of actions, such as active faculty in plants growing in different directions.

so the actual number of faculty is 4, and each has its own name.

faculty actively working with compulsion in one direction is called 'character' (thabi'ah).

faculty actively working with compulsion in diversity direction called 'vegetal soul' (an-nafs an-nabatiyyah).

faculty actively working with a purpose and different choices which lead to differences in the actions that happened to her so-called 'animal soul' (an-nafs al-hayaawaniyyah)

faculty actively working with a purpose and choice in the unity of purpose and direction are called 'angels soul' (an-nafs al-malakiyyah).

Next time, I will use word that's more easily understood, and English arrangement that not embarrassing, "llike this".