The separated soul ranks as a human inferential entity rather than a perceptible one.
Evidence
An inferential entity, is an entity which, in these times at least, is not made known to human beings in general, by the testimony of sense, but of the existence of which the persuasion is produced by reflection – is inferred from a chain of reasoning. … An inferential entity is either, 1. Human; or 2. Superhuman. … 1. A human inferential entity, is the soul considered as existing in a state of separation from the body. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 352
Categorization
- DEFINE: Bentham classes souls and ghosts as human inferential entities, and angels/devils/God as superhuman ones — a full taxonomy of the invisible.
- XREF: connects to: The soul is the prison of the body, not its freeing essence — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 79; Perceptions provide more immediate evidence of reality than bodies do. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 368
Related
- The soul is the prison of the body, not its freeing essence (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- The soul is the prison of the body, not its freeing essence
#responds-to(0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 79 - Perceptions provide more immediate evidence of reality than bodies do.
#corroborates(0.72) — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 368