"I possess my body" in the sense that I have it, I own it, it belongs to me
"I possess my body" in the sense that I animate or control it, like a puppeteer (e.g. in the same way we speak of "demonic possession", except ideally less malevolently)
But mostly, I'm less concerned with trying to mesh my beliefs with Sallustius' then simply trying to follow his logic. For example, perhaps the gods have a body consisting of a different form of matter than the sort we're used to. (e.g. our matter may be formed of energy, which itself is the "matter" of a higher plane of existence and is itself formed of an even higher substance, etc. etc. all the way back up the chain.) It is not clear to me whether Sallustius is speaking purely in material terms (that gods do not have bodies made of common matter) or if he is speaking more generally (that gods do not have bodies of any sort).
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- "I possess my body" in the sense that I have it, I own it, it belongs to me
- "I possess my body" in the sense that I animate or control it, like a puppeteer (e.g. in the same way we speak of "demonic possession", except ideally less malevolently)
But mostly, I'm less concerned with trying to mesh my beliefs with Sallustius' then simply trying to follow his logic. For example, perhaps the gods have a body consisting of a different form of matter than the sort we're used to. (e.g. our matter may be formed of energy, which itself is the "matter" of a higher plane of existence and is itself formed of an even higher substance, etc. etc. all the way back up the chain.) It is not clear to me whether Sallustius is speaking purely in material terms (that gods do not have bodies made of common matter) or if he is speaking more generally (that gods do not have bodies of any sort).