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the part of you that survives the playlist, the heartbreak, and the bad haircut.
means The nonphysical essence of a person — the seat of feeling, conscience, and identity often believed to outlast the body.
from From Old English sawol, shared with Old Frisian sele and Old High German sela, all from a Proto-Germanic root sometimes tentatively linked to the sea — the notion, possibly, that souls came from and returned to the water. The English word stretched into music in the 20th century: 'soul' as a genre named the deep, churchgoing feeling that gospel poured into rhythm and blues.
- ancient weight
- Egyptians believed yours got weighed against a feather
- alleged mass
- A 1907 doctor claimed it weighs 21 grams
- music genre
- It got its own genre, and rightly so
- selling clause
- Faust traded his and instantly regretted the paperwork
- plural problem
- Plato split it into three feuding parts
soul train — american music and dance television show that aired 1971-2006, launching careers of countless black artists
soul music festival memphis — annual celebration in memphis, tennessee honoring soul, blues, and gospel traditions since 1985