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- Dictionarypneuma/ˈnjuːmə/
noun
- 1. (in Stoic thought) the vital spirit, soul, or creative force of a person.
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1 day ago · The Modern English noun soul is derived from Old English sāwol, sāwel.The earliest attestations reported in the Oxford English Dictionary are from the 8th century. In King Alfred's translation of De Consolatione Philosophiae, it is used to refer to the immaterial, spiritual, or thinking aspect of a person, as contrasted with the person's physical body; in the Vespasian Psalter 77.50, it ...
