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And, just to point out, the belief that we are something more than just apes ("We are not thinking frogs", to quote F. Nietzsche) does not require the belief in anything so ephemeral as a soul. There are plenty of philosophical positions which are neither a brute physicalism (pain is just C-fibers firing) nor a naive dualism (body and soul are two different substances, easily seperable).
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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