Because of Syntax I thought about Germans and then about
Hegel and his method of 'opposites'. For each concept there is the opposite one,then the opposites of the opposites etc. Say: objective-subjective; inside-
outside; on one hand and the other,good- bad etc.,etc,.
Now 'the soul' is of course the opposite of the physical so
we get 'metaphysical' speculations about inanimate physical objects like turntables. To my mind such kind of speculation should be allowed only for the speakers . Ie
those are 'essential' while, according to Aristoteles, only the essences are important.
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