SN 12.35- why is there no living the holy life?

SN 12.35 says: > “Not a valid question,” the Blessed One replied. “Bhikkhu, whether one > says, ‘What now is aging-and-death, and for whom is there this > aging-and-death?’ or whether one says, ‘Aging-and-death is one thing, > the one for whom there is this aging-and-death is another’—both these > assertions are identical in meaning; they differ only in the phrasing. > If there is the view, ‘The soul and the body are the same,’ there is > no living of the holy life; and if there is the view, ‘The soul is one > thing, the body is another,’ there is no living of the holy life. > Without veering towards either of these extremes, the Tathagata > teaches the Dhamma by the middle: ‘With birth as condition, > aging-and-death. ’ Why is there no living the holy life when there is the view, ‘*The soul and the body are the same*,’ and if there is the view, ‘*The soul is one thing, the body is another*’?