What is the Soul of a Man?

Question

What is the Soul of a Man?

Answer 1

The soul is the scales of one's conscience. It knows what you did last summer. It knows what you are thinking of doing tomorrow. It can be felt as an emotion, as the emotion that tells you sum total of the moral value of your life up to that point. If that was not its function, it would serve no function at all. It is a compass.

"...that as man is a being of self-made wealth, so he is a being of self-made soul...and must earn it by shaping his soul in the image of his moral ideal, in the image of Man, the rational being he is born able to create, but must create by choice—that the first precondition of self-esteem is that radiant selfishness of soul which desires the best in all things, in values of matter and spirit, a soul that seeks above all else to achieve its own moral perfection, valuing nothing higher than itself—and that the proof of an achieved self-esteem is your soul’s shudder of contempt and rebellion against the role of a sacrificial animal, against the vile impertinence of any creed that proposes to immolate the irreplaceable value which is your consciousness and the incomparable glory which is your existence to the blind evasions and the stagnant decay of others." Galt's Speech; Ayn Rand

"I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth. And my happiness needs no higher aim to vindicate it. My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

"The fortune of my spirit is not to be blown into coins of brass and flung to the winds as alms for the poor of the spirit.

"I covet no man's soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet.

"For in the temple of his spirit, each man is alone. Let each man keep his temple untouched and undefiled. Then let him join hands with others if he wishes, but only beyond his holy threshold.

"My hands . . . My spirit . . . My sky . . . My forest . . . This earth of mine. . . .

"This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest. I wished to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction."

"Anthem" Ayn Rand

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Answer 2

The capacity to love and understand fellow human beings. To realize there is a spirit and soul greater than himself, too. To learn some ethics and virtues even in the midst of a materialistic society, and not to be deterred by negative values. Avoid selling one's soul to the Devil, just to find a way to survive better, but to make sacrifices and avoid corruptible ways to solve one's problems. A corrupted society does not deserve to be labelled as  a civilized and modern society.

Answer 3

The capacity of the human condition for mystical and spiritual experiences/union (be that what any religion/person calls it).

Answer 4

The soul of a man is made up of his love his fears his victories, as well as his defeats. His soul is his life force and gives him his strength in time of need.