Peter Abelard

On the Trinity

Latin Etymology

[1.44] Praeterea cum dicant animam mundi, singulis infusam corporibus, ea animare quae ad animandum apta repperit, quid opus erat creatione nostrarum animarum, quas postea factas esse Plato commemorat? Aut quid opus est animam mundi his corporibus inesse quae non animat? Quid enim evidentius est quam corpora nostra ex propriis animabus humanis magis quam ex anima mundi vitam animalem habere? His quippe animabus praesentibus statim animata sunt et eisdem absentibus inanimata, licet, ut aiunt, in eisdem anima mundi etiam post mortem perseveret, quae in omnibus tota est corporibus.

Find the Latin word in the passage above from which each of the following English words are derived. The definitions of the Latin words you need are given in brackets.

1. animal (soul)
2. corporal (bodies)
3. animate (to animate)
4. commemorate (reminds)
5. human (human)
6. mundane (world)
7. mortal (death)
8. total (all)

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