Greeks divided the soul into two: Noetic and Phrenic; Pythagoras, into three: Nous, Phren, and Thymos; Buddhists, into seven; Theosophists, also into seven. Lord Buddha compared man, the great boon and bloom of sentient life, to saptaparna (seven-leaf plant).
Plato affirms seven constituents in Man:
7. Agathon or Good.
6. Sophia or Wisdom.
5. (a) Nous or Ideals; (b) Phren or Ideality.
4. Thymos or Desire.
3. Bios or Vitality.
2. Eidolon or Model Body.
1. Soma or Physical Body.