UNIT 3: METAPHYSICAL DICHOTOMY + THE EMBODIED SPIRIT Flashcards
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Q
inherent distinction
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Dichotomy
2
Q
inherent distinction between body and soul
A
Metaphysical Dichotomy
3
Q
- dependent on soul
- mutable and destructible
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Body
4
Q
- independent of body
- immutable and indestructible
- composed of desire, spirit and reason
A
Soul
5
Q
motivates
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Desire
6
Q
animates
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Spirit
7
Q
guides
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Reason
8
Q
What existed first, the soul or the body?
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Soul
9
Q
Parts of the Soul
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- Rational [Head]
- Spiritual [Chest]
- Appetitive [Abdomen]
10
Q
- guides spiritual and appetitive
- think, analyze, comprehend, draw conclusions
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Rational [Head]
11
Q
- emotions
- abomination, anger, etc.
- contributes to motion + activity
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Spiritual [Chest]
12
Q
- physical wants
- thirst, hunger, etc.
- contributes to motion + activity
A
Appetitive [Abdomen]
13
Q
Does the soul survive death?
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Yes
14
Q
- the origin of everything
- creates human possibilities
- everything that exists which describes the world of matter will go here after it perishes
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World of Forms
15
Q
- sets limits to human person
- material, mutable, destructible
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World of Matter
16
Q
Rational soul is the highest level.
A
Possibilities
17
Q
Spiritual + Appetitive soul sets _____.
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Limits / Limitations
18
Q
- capacity to overcome limitations
- becoming the best version of yourself
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Transcendence
19
Q
To achieve transcendence, you allow _____ to guide _____ and ______.
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Reason, Desire, Spirit
20
Q
The body and the soul are one and inseparable.
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Aristotle
21
Q
- causes body to live
- animates body
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Soul
22
Q
“Everything is composed of matter and forms.”
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Aristotle
23
Q
“Body and soul constitute the human person as a whole.”
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Aristotle
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Q
form
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soul
25
matter
body
26
spirit being incarnated
Common meaning of embodied spirit
27
body is not separated from the soul
Embodied spirit according to Christian Doctrine
28
unit of matter and form
Embodied spirit according to Aristotle
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Man is a rational animal
Aristotle
30
Aristotle's levels of the soul (3)
1. Vegetative
2. Sensitive
3. Rational
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capacity to grow, reproduce and feed
vegetative
32
plants
vegetative
33
- appetite for anger, desire
- possess at least 1 sense
sensitive
34
animals
sensitive
35
- capacity to grow, reproduce, feel, feed, think
- capable of thinking
rational
36
humans
rational
37
flagellation, fasting
limitations
38
Medieval Period
limitations
39
The body is weak against temptation.
limitations
40
the grandeur of body and soul
humanism
41
Renaissance
possibilities
42
Body is the matter of the soul, and that soul is the form of body
possibilities
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