ARISTOTLE & ST. AUGUSTINE Flashcards
THE SOUL IS THE ESSENCE OF
THE SELF
ARISTOTLE
holds that the soul is the essence of all living things.
ARISTOLE
ARISTOTLE: humans differ from other living things because….
because of their capacity for rational thinking.
ARISTOTLE BELIEVES
the soul is merely a set of defining features and does not consider the body and soul as separate entities.
ARISTOTLE INTRODUCED 3 KINDS OF SOULS
VEGETATIVE
SENTIENT
RATIONAL
ARISTOTLE:
SENTIENT SOUL
sensual desires,feelings and emotions
ARISTOTLE:
VEGETATIVE SOUL
physical body that can grow
ARISTOTLE:
RATIONAL SOUL
What makes man human
It includes the intellect that allows man to know and understand things.
ARISTOTLE
the rational nature of the self is to lead a good, flourishing, and fulfilling life
ARISTOTLE
ST. AUGUSTINE
THE SOUL IS SUPERIOR TO THE BODY
The pursuit of happiness is a search for a good life that includes doing virtuous actions.
ARISTOTLE
The African philosopher, Augustine, is regarded as a saint (i.e., St. Augustine of Hippo) in the Catholic Church.
ST. AUGUSTINE
he posits that part of the rational soul is characterized by moral virtues, such as justice and courage.
ARISTOTLE
integrates the ideas of Plato and the teachings of Christianity.
ST. AUGUSTINE
physical body is radically different from and inferior to its inhabitant, the immortal soul.
ST. AUGUSTINE
The body is united with the soul so that man may be entire and complete.
ST. AUGUSTINE
ST. AUGUSTINE
He describes that humankind is created in the
image and likeness of God. Everything created by God who is all good is good
he contemplates on the nature of man, with emphasis on the soul as an important element of man.
ST. AUGUSTINE
He believes that the soul is what governs and defines man.
ST. AUGUSTINE
ST. AUGUSTINE contemplates on the nature of man, with emphasis on the ______
soul as an important element of man.
Augustine is convinced that
the self is known only through knowing God. Accordingly, self- knowledge is a consequence of the knowledge of God.
significance of reflection, importance of prayers and confessions to arrive at a justification for the existence of God.
st. augustine
For him, “knowledge can only come by seeing the truth (from god) that dwells within us.”
The truth of which Augustine speaks refers to the truth of knowing God.
God is ___, and the self seeks to be ____
transcendent, united with God through faith and reason.
Augustine develops the fundamental concept of the human person and, thus, provides the philosophical principle
“I am doubting, therefore I am”
- St. Augustine
