The Soul, or Rational Psychology

CHAPTER XV.—THE LOWER MIND original: "Animus"; refers to the seat of emotions and sensory desires shared with animals AND THE RATIONAL MIND original: "Mens" (numbers 289-306),......page 176

The Rational Mind original: "Mens" is the life of thought, just as the lower mind original: "Animus" is the life of physical sensation.

CHAPTER XVI.—THE FORMATION OF THE RATIONAL MIND AND ITS AFFECTIONS (numbers 307-339),...........................page 188

The loves and emotions of the mind in general.—The love of understanding and of being wise.—The love of knowing secrets; wonder.—The love of knowing the future.—The love of good and of evil.—The affirmative and the negative.—Conscience.—The highest good and the highest truth.—The love of virtues and of vices.—Honesty.—Decorum proper behavior and etiquette.

CHAPTER XVII.—CONCLUSION ON WHAT CONSTITUTES THE LOWER MIND, THE RATIONAL MIND, AND THE SPIRITUAL MIND (numbers 340-350), ..................................................................................page 215

That the rational mind is what properly defines a human being.

CHAPTER XVIII.—FREE WILL, OR THE CHOICE OF MORAL GOOD AND EVIL (numbers 351-377),..................................................................page 219

What liberty consists of.—The first liberty is the ability to withdraw the mind from bodily things.—The second liberty is the ability to learn from sacred and other writings, and from reflection, that there is a spiritual and divine reality above us, and thus to acquire an intellectual faith.—The third liberty consists in using established means, namely, the sacred rites of religion.—The fourth liberty consists in knowing what is the highest good and in choosing what is best.—Seven reasons why freedom is granted to the human will, even though it causes so much unhappiness to the human race.

CHAPTER XIX.—THE WILL AND ITS LIBERTY: AND THE NATURE OF THE INTELLECT (numbers 378-400), .......................................page 244

The intellect, viewed in itself, has Truth as its object.—The analytic and synthetic methods approaches to reasoning from parts to whole, or whole to parts.—Rational logic.—The "will" generally refers to the mind, but specifically refers to a particular mental state or a focused love.—The mind thinks when it considers means to an end; it judges when it arranges those means in their proper order; finally, it concludes or desires, and this conclusion is called the "Will."—The liberty of the mind consists only in this: that it can choose to obey or not obey the intellect.—All will aims for an effect which contains a goal, and is therefore a future event.

CHAPTER XX.—[THE MENTAL FACULTIES (numbers 401-428),] ........................page 255

Speech.—Human prudence.—Pretending and hiding intentions original: "Simulation and Dissimulation".—Cunning and malice.—Sincerity.—Justice and equity.—Knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom.—The causes that change the state of the intellect and the rational mind, or those which corrupt or perfect them.—Causes that are inborn original: "connate" or acquired: those of the mind and those of the body.

CHAPTER XXI.—LOVES OF THE SOUL OR SPIRITUAL LOVES (numbers 429-461), page 270

The love of a Being higher than oneself.—The love of the neighbor as oneself.—The love of society as a collection of many "selves."—The love of being near the beloved.—The love of being excellent in happiness, power, and wisdom.—The love of growing the heavenly community through natural means.—The love of one’s own body.—The love of immortality.—Spiritual zeal.—The love of expanding the kingdom and city of God.—How bodily loves are derived from spiritual loves and how they concentrate in the rational mind.—Pure or divine love considered in itself.

CHAPTER XXII.—THE INFLUENCE original: "Influx" OF THE LOWER MIND AND ITS EMOTIONS UPON THE BODY, AND OF THE BODY UPON THE LOWER MIND (numbers 462-469), .........................................................................page 288

CHAPTER XXIII.—THE INFLUENCE original: "Influx" OF THE RATIONAL MIND UPON THE LOWER MIND, AND THROUGH THE LOWER MIND INTO THE BODY; AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE LOWER MIND UPON THE RATIONAL MIND (numbers 470-472), .........................................................................page 293