| The Definition of "Psychology"
by Gene Zimmer
It is important to understand that words and ideas are supposed to refer
to something. "The large tree in the front yard" refers to an actual
thing that can be seen, touched and experienced. "The man walking his
little dog last night at sunset" refers to an actual event that can be
seen, observed and experienced. The realm of mind is an actual realm
that can be experienced, and at one time there were words that
accurately referred to this realm.
Let's see what a few dictionaries have to say and how a word could alter
and lose its true and actual meaning.
"Psyche" is defined as:
1. The spirit or soul.
2. The human mind.
3. In psychoanalysis, the mind functioning as the center of thought,
emotion, and behavior.
And defining "soul", we have:
1. the spiritual or immortal elements in a person.
2. a person's mental or moral or emotional nature.
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