Statius describes ensoulment as arriving when the fetus is sufficiently formed for God to breathe a new spirit into it.
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Ensoulment
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"Having become a soul, much like a plant, though with this difference, the plant's complete, whereas the fetus still is journeying. The active virtue..."
"New spirit vigorous, which was all that. The soul is active in the fetus into its substance and becomes one soul that lives and..."
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