“Having left us with thought (not a soul), and extension (not a body), [Descartes] does not know how to account for the union of soul and body.”

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French historian and philosopher 1884–1978

Ram Swarup (1920–1998) Indian historian

On Hinduism (2000)

“We know now that the soul is the body, and the body the soul. They tell us they are different because they want to persuade us that we can keep our souls if we let them make slaves of our bodies.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

Ellie Dunn, Act II
1910s, Heartbreak House (1919)

“Women do not know how to separate the soul from the body.”

Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) French poet

La femme ne sait pas séparer l'âme du corps.
Journaux intimes (1864–1867; published 1887), Mon cœur mis à nu (1864)

“While the body is young and fine, the soul blunders, but as the body grows old it attains its highest power. Again, every good soul uses mind; but no body can produce mind: for how should that which is without mind produce mind? Again, while the soul uses the body as an instrument, it is not in it; just as the engineer is not in his engines”

Sallustius Roman philosopher and writer

although many engines move without being touched by any one
VIII. On Mind and Soul, and that the latter is immortal.
On the Gods and the Cosmos

“Time does to the body what stupidity does to the soul”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book Marina

Source: Marina

“After realizing God, one does not identify oneself any more with the body. Then one knows that body and soul are two different things.”

Ramakrishna (1836–1886) Indian mystic and religious preacher

Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 319
Context: The body was born and it will die. But for the soul there is no death. It is like the betel-nut. When the nut is ripe it does not stick to the shell. But when it is green it is difficult to separate it from the shell. After realizing God, one does not identify oneself any more with the body. Then one knows that body and soul are two different things.