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Spiritus (Latin for "spirit" or "breathing"), may refer to: *Spiritus lenis, the "soft breathing" in Byzantine Greek orthography *Spiritus asper, the "hard breathing" in Byzantine Greek orthography * ''Spiritus'' (journal), an academic journal devoted to the study of Christian spirituality *Spiritus (novel) Spiritus is a 1996 novel by the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare. It marks a narrative and compositional turning point in his literary career. The influence of this novel will be felt in all of Kadare's subsequent novels. It is a novel about the anxi ..., a 1996 novel by Ismail Kadare * ''Spiritus'' (EP) an extended play by Australian singer songwriter, Lisa Mitchell, 2012 ** "Spiritus" (song) a single by Lisa Mitchell from the 2012 EP {{disambiguation ...
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Spirit (animating Force)
In folk belief, spirit is the vitalism, vital principle or animating essence within all life, living things. As recently as 1628 and 1633 respectively, both William Harvey and René Descartes still speculated that somewhere within the body, in a special locality, there was a "vital spirit" or "vital force", which animated the whole bodily frame, just as the engine in a factory moves the machinery in it. Overview People have frequently conceived of spirit as a supernatural being, or non-physical entity; for example, a demon, ghost, fairy, or angel. In ancient Islamic terminology however, the term ''spirit'' (''rūḥ''), applies only to "pure" spirits, but not to other invisible creatures, such as jinn, Shaitan, demons and angels in Islam, angels. Historically, spirit has been used to refer to a "subtle" as opposed to "gross" material substance, as put forth in the notable last paragraph of Sir