  In the third dialogue, Abrabanel further divides the human into a tripartite structure consisting of the body (il corpo), the soul (l’anima), and the intellect  (l’intelletto).[40]   The soul, which I have interpreted as the imaginative faculty because of the properties assigned to  it,[41]  is once again the intermediary (mezzo) between the body (and the senses) and the  intellect.[42]  Although he does not come right out and define the functioning of the soul in any detail, he does claim that it is indispensable to the proper working of the body and the intellect. Moreover, it is this faculty that is in constant danger of being corrupted by unhealthy corporeal desire and, most importantly for the present, it is ultimately responsible for translating the corporeal into the incorporeal and vice versa. This soul, in turn,