A Compendium on the Soul Simplified
A Compendium on the Soul by Abu-Aly al-Husayn Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina
Avicena’s Offering To The Prince
Introduction
Two Kinds of Motion: Inherent and Non-inherent
Section 1
The General Definition of the Soul
Section 2
The Faculties of the Soul have External Origins
Section 3
The Plant Powers and the Need for Each of Them
Section 4
The Animal Powers and the Need for Each of Them
Section 5
The Five Senses and How They Perceive
Section 6
The Inward Senses and the Motion-Promoting Powers
Section 7
A Sketch of the Human Soul from the Starting-Point
Section 8
The Proofs of the Essentiality of the Soul, and of Its Independence of Body
Section 9
The Immaterial Mental Essence
Section 10