Il6 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



hard or soft, rough or smooth, and without under- 

 standing and power of motion. 



A soul is of contrary nature, and must be uncom- 

 pounded, unextended, indivisible and whose proper- 

 ties are life, understanding, and activity. 



It is that mysterious essence which thinks, moves, 

 and controls the body. Now according to this 

 definition of the essential properties of the soul, it 

 would appear that it is a God-given principle to all 

 living beings, and includes a capacity for im- 

 mortality and endless duration of existence. As 

 life is the natural property of the soul, and this life 

 property is an attribute of God, we cannot but con- 

 ceive it as immortal. No supposition can be 

 formed of the destruction of this principle of life, 

 but involves the destruction of this soul nature 

 and essence ; because the endless duration of 

 the soul is asserted in its unity, and indivisibility, 

 and because, since having no parts, it cannot be 

 divided into parts, and as a substance uncom- 

 pounded, it is not liable to dissolution, therefore 

 the soul, truly is a living substance, which cannot 

 perish with the body. 



Now, since all beings which have life have souls, 

 and as life is soul, and all souls are immortal and 



