Aquinas On The Afterlife

Question 1

Aquinas was a passionate admirer of ? and ?, having to find the middle ground between the two opposing views.

Answer 1

Aristotle.

Plato,

Question 2

Aquinas taught that the soul was a “? ?”, believing all living things had one. However, other life forms have souls which die with the ?, but human souls live on.

Answer 2

Life principle.

Body.

Question 3

Because Aquinas was writing as a ?, his understanding was that the soul is that which gives humans the ability to accomplish their ?

Answer 3

Christian.

Purposes.

Question 4

Perfect ?, Aquinas thought, could only be ? after death, by living eternally, outside time.

Answer 4

Happiness.

Achieved.

Question 5

Aquinas used the thinking of ? to explain his understanding of the afterlife: “For now we see only a ? as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face” (1 Corinthians ?:12).

Answer 5

Paul.
Reflection.
13.

Question 6

Aquinas believed that after death, Christians would be able to see God face-to-face in a “? ?”.

Answer 6

Beatific vision.

Question 7

If the soul is timeless in the presence of ?, it’s difficult to understand how this could be “the ? person” as the one who had the physical body while on ?

Answer 7

God.
Same.
Earth.