IE3 Flashcards
2 important components we should remember when we say human person
Body and Soul
What is the soul of man called?
spirit or rational soul
What does the rational soul give?
man his spiritual capacities or faculties of intelligence, and will, and makes him a person.
What is man composed of?
spiritual and corporeal; body and soul
What does man manifest thru his body?
powers like the
power of nourishment or the capacity to nourish ourselves, the capacity to grow, the capacity to reproduce, the capacity
to see or perceive objects, and to feel.
What is life according to St. Thomas?
“life is essentially that by
which a thing is able to move itself”
What differentiates living things from non-living things?
Power to move oneself as a nonliving thing would move only if it is moved by another
What is meant by movement or being moved?
we refer to movement in the general or wide sense
which includes every kind of change and local movement.
Is it true that the power of self-movement is not extrinsic but innate in the living being;
it is an intrinsic force or power.
Yes
What is the theory that explains the union of body and soul?
Theory of “Hylomorphism” by Aristotle
What’s the meaning of Hyle?
matter
What is the meaning of Morphe?
Form
What is a being composed of?
2 principles: Form and matter
All corporeal beings are made up of form and matter
True
Is matter the physical principle of human beings and this is manifested in his having a body
Yes and true
Is form the spiritual principle, and this spirituality is manifested by human beings having a spirit or a soul.
Yes and true
What is the principle that makes vital actions possible?
the soul
What is the first principle of life, and the interior, ultimate principle of vital manifestations of a living
being?
Soul gihap
What are the 3 kinds of life and therefore 3 kinds of soul?
Vegetative (Plant life), Sentient (Animal life), Rational (Human life)
are called material souls, meaning they depend on the matter/material/body.
vegetative and sentient souls as plant/animal dies and this disappear
This soul is spiritual, meaning even if the body dies, it continues to have its own existence.
Human Soul
How do we know that there is a rational soul that is independent of the body?
Because of the operations/actions/functions.
How is self-identity or “i” related to the operations/actions/functions?
we have changed in terms of
blood cells, brain cells, but there is something that is permanent in us – therefore it is
no longer material, because the materials have changed. There is something that is subsistent meaning and continues to exist even if the body has changed and that is the “I”.
There must be something that is not material anymore and we call it the
Soul/spiritual