UNIT 3: METAPHYSICAL DICHOTOMY + THE EMBODIED SPIRIT Flashcards
inherent distinction
Dichotomy
inherent distinction between body and soul
Metaphysical Dichotomy
- dependent on soul
- mutable and destructible
Body
- independent of body
- immutable and indestructible
- composed of desire, spirit and reason
Soul
motivates
Desire
animates
Spirit
guides
Reason
What existed first, the soul or the body?
Soul
Parts of the Soul
- Rational [Head]
- Spiritual [Chest]
- Appetitive [Abdomen]
- guides spiritual and appetitive
- think, analyze, comprehend, draw conclusions
Rational [Head]
- emotions
- abomination, anger, etc.
- contributes to motion + activity
Spiritual [Chest]
- physical wants
- thirst, hunger, etc.
- contributes to motion + activity
Appetitive [Abdomen]
Does the soul survive death?
Yes
- the origin of everything
- creates human possibilities
- everything that exists which describes the world of matter will go here after it perishes
World of Forms
- sets limits to human person
- material, mutable, destructible
World of Matter
Rational soul is the highest level.
Possibilities
Spiritual + Appetitive soul sets _____.
Limits / Limitations
- capacity to overcome limitations
- becoming the best version of yourself
Transcendence
To achieve transcendence, you allow _____ to guide _____ and ______.
Reason, Desire, Spirit
The body and the soul are one and inseparable.
Aristotle
- causes body to live
- animates body
Soul
“Everything is composed of matter and forms.”
Aristotle
“Body and soul constitute the human person as a whole.”
Aristotle
form
soul
matter
body
spirit being incarnated
Common meaning of embodied spirit
body is not separated from the soul
Embodied spirit according to Christian Doctrine
unit of matter and form
Embodied spirit according to Aristotle
Man is a rational animal
Aristotle
Aristotle’s levels of the soul (3)
- Vegetative
- Sensitive
- Rational
capacity to grow, reproduce and feed
vegetative
plants
vegetative
- appetite for anger, desire
- possess at least 1 sense
sensitive
animals
sensitive
- capacity to grow, reproduce, feel, feed, think
- capable of thinking
rational
humans
rational
flagellation, fasting
limitations
Medieval Period
limitations
The body is weak against temptation.
limitations
the grandeur of body and soul
humanism
Renaissance
possibilities
Body is the matter of the soul, and that soul is the form of body
possibilities