Complex sentence: The world soul (Greek: ψυχή κόσμου, Latin: Anima mundi) has been a component of several systems of thought, permeating the cosmos and animating all matter as the soul animates the human body.
Split into simpler sentences: The world soul (Greek: ψυχή κόσμου, Latin: Anima mundi) has been a component of several systems of thought. Its proponents claim that it permeates the cosmos and animates all matter, just as the soul animates the human body.