And Plato (Exalted be his might) said:
"Indeed, I roamed 1 the Three Heavens: The Heaven of Compound Nature, the Heaven of Singular Nature, and the Heaven of the Soul, and I did not find a path there so Nature attracted me, and I was attracted.”
And he said: "The Soul is a greater aid to Nature than the Intellect, just as the Soul was prepared for the sake of the Intellect. So the Soul is worthier of Nature due to the proximity of resemblance (Mushakala). Thus, it became necessary that Nature be known by the Soul, just as it became necessary that the Soul be known by the Intellect."
And likewise, He placed in Man the appetite for food by which is his subsistence, so that his occupation in seeking it would be a distraction for the Natural Spirit (Al-Ruh al-Tabi'iyya) from disorder (Sha'b), harm, and the motives of desire.