The Thoughts Of William Of Occam In Systemic Functional Linguistics [4]

Russell (1961: 464-5):

To the question 'whether the sensitive soul and the intellective soul are really distinct in man', he answers that they are, though this is hard to prove.  One of his arguments is that we may with our appetites desire something which with our understanding we reject; therefore appetite and understanding belong to different subjects.  Another argument is that sensations are subjectively in the sensitive soul, but not subjectively in the intellective soul.  Again, the sensitive soul is extended and material, while the intellective soul is neither.

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Here the sensitive soul is aligned with appetites, and the intellective soul with understanding.  In Systemic Functional Linguistics, these correspond to the two core mental processes of sensers: desideration and cognition, the only mental processes that project ideas.  Desiderative processes project hopes and desires, whereas cognitive processes project thoughts.