possessed by
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Examples
The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.
Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.
Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.
The jealous is possessed by a "fine mad devil" and a dull spirit at once.
In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.