Da'as Tevunos - Section 69

Said the Soul - Certainly this matter needs explanation, why is it that G-d made the body and the soul in two creations and not as one, that man should be one creation, without being assembled as he is now; for certainly He may He be blessed is not prevented through intrigue to make him intrinsically living, without this division into body and soul. And indeed I think, that when we understand this, there will be a doorway open before us to enter into the other details: