 In Timaeus 30 he also divided man into nous (mind), psychë (soul), and söma (body), with nous being the noblest part of the soul.When Plato does speak of spirit (thumos not the pneuma of Paul) he means something essentially different from Paul.The three parts of man are not equivalent for Plato and Paul and the master faculty for Plato (nous) is a subordinate faculty for Paul.