Which of the following is NOT true of the second paragraph of the passage? B
The Night-Side of Nature by Catherine Crowe
It is almost needless to observe, that the Scriptures repeatedly speak of man as a
tripartite being, consisting of spirit, soul, and body and that, according to St. Paul,
we have two bodies-a natural body and a spiritual body; the former being designed as
our means of communication with the external world-an instrument to be used and
controlled by our nobler parts. It is this view of it, carried to a fanaticism, which has
led to the various and extraordinary mortifications recorded of ascetics. As is
remarked by the Rev. Hare Townshend, in a late edition of his book on mesmerism, in
this fleshly body consists our organic life; in the body which we are to retain through
eternity, consists our fundamental life. May not the first, he says, “be a temporary
development of the last, just as leaves, flowers, and fruits, are the temporary
developments of a tree? And in the same manner that these pass and drop away, yet
leave the principle of reproduction behind, so may our present organs be detached
from us by death, and yet the ground of our existence be spared to us continuously."
The author of the passage disregards non-religious philosophers because
they do not agree with religious scripture.
The author argues that the spirit, soul, and body are the forces that
create the ego.
The author continues her trend of invoking religious themes in the
second paragraph.
All of the above are true of the second paragraph.
D