"Now we know that what we call thinking goes on in our brains, which is something that dies and decomposes along with the rest of the body when it reaches the end of the life that was given to it, but this idea seems difficult to comprehend - not to mention unattractive - to us who are the ones in the pilot seat, so the loss of our mind is an event comparable to the end of the entire universe from a "

We know nothing of the kind. What we know is that there are electric impulses in the brain at roughly the same time as we happen to be thinking. No test could possibly find out if any outside source claimed to be immaterial caused said impulses because such tests by definition only test the material. The only thing we can possibly know is that we don't know. Which we already knew thousands of years ago.

There's a problem with the title, but I don't know how to edit this...

In Soul Eater... they are edible.

"In Nerh�n, as stated in the preface, 'Soul' is treated like a form of energy like heat or light, that can be transferred and controlled, and that is the basis for the series' magic system. "

The accent mark in "Nerh?n" is irretrievably broken, and I can't find any likely candidates by searching with any unaccented vowel in its place and stuff like 'soul energy'. Anyone know what it is?

"The trope name is entirely self-explanatory. What? What are you laughing at?" Could somebody explain this one to me?

I wonder how would a body act if it had no soul? Would it only act to fulfill biological needs? Would it even talk or show any form of emotion? Or would it just go into a coma? Or...something else?