Renewed interest in Platonism and Hermetic soul cosmologies. Descartes: radical dualism—soul (res cogitans) and body (res extensa). Human soul seen as seat of reason, will, and self-consciousness. Debates emerge over animal souls and mechanistic bodies. Mystical and esoteric views on soul persisted alongside rationalism. Soul increasingly tied to the concept of personhood.
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