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'''Personality''' is a term used in [[Theosophy]] to refer to the four lower and transient [[principles]] in a human being, namely the physical body, [[liṅga śarīra]], [[prāṇa]] and [[kāma]]. | '''Personality''' is a term used in [[Theosophy]] to refer to the four lower and transient [[principles]] in a human being, namely the physical body, [[liṅga śarīra]], [[prāṇa]] and [[kāma]]. [[H. P. Blavatsky]] defined it as follows: | ||
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] defined it as follows: | |||
<blockquote>'''Personality''' . . . the animal man—the lower quaternary or the purely astrophysical being . . . [which] embraces all the characteristics and memories of one physical life.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Key to Theosophy'' (????), ???.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>'''Personality''' . . . the animal man—the lower quaternary or the purely astrophysical being . . . [which] embraces all the characteristics and memories of one physical life.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Key to Theosophy'' (????), ???.</ref></blockquote> | ||
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Personality is a term used in Theosophy to refer to the four lower and transient principles in a human being, namely the physical body, liṅga śarīra, prāṇa and kāma. H. P. Blavatsky defined it as follows:
Personality . . . the animal man—the lower quaternary or the purely astrophysical being . . . [which] embraces all the characteristics and memories of one physical life.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Key to Theosophy (????), ???.