medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I can upon a phrase from Hugh of Saint Victor's commentary on the canticle of Mary:
"I think that we should here recall the error of certain thinkers on this point. For there are those who contend that in every human there are two souls: one rational and one sensible, [the latter of which is] without reason like the souls of brute beasts. They try to prove this opinion with certain rational arguments and authorities. For they say that the rational soul (animam) is infused into the womb only after the body has been formed, just as we read regarding the first human that his body was formed first and then life was breathed into his nostrils."
Does anyone have an idea what pre-twelfth-century thinkers Hugh might be referring to at this point?
Frans van Liere
History Department, Calvin College
1845 Knollcrest Circle SE
Grand Rapids MI 49546
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