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Philosophical concept analysed as rot, badly (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

astral body

'philosophical concept' is the definition.
(astral body matches up with the definition philosophical concept)

'analysed as rot badly' is the wordplay.
'analysed' indicates an anagram.
'as'+'rot'+'badly'='asrotbadly'
'asrotbadly' is an anagram of 'ASTRAL BODY'.

(Other definitions for astral body that I've seen before include "Spiritual counterpart of physical existence" , "(In theosophy) supposed aura representing personality - roast badly (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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