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its lower constituents is therefore the 

 same as to ask, what is the relation be- 

 tween the soul and the cells? Take 

 away the latter, and there is nothing 

 left of the body. The cells mean here 

 everything, and it is to them conse- 

 quently that the soul can be thought 

 to stand in relation. 



Formerly the problem was to explain 

 how soul and body as two substan- 

 tially different entities were related to 

 each other. They had then nothing in 

 common, nothing to encourage an in- 

 teraction. If now the relation holds 

 between the soul and the cells we have 

 at least commensurable quantities to 

 deal with. 



So far all is well. But now other 

 difficulties arise. We can and must 

 ask, how an interaction is possible be- 

 tween the soul and the cells even if 

 they are formally, according to their 

 inner nature, kindred beings? In other 

 respects they are not so separated and 

 different that a spiritual intercourse is 

 inconceivable. As inaccessible as is the 



