Powers of the Soul: A First Look (Aquinas 101)
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St. Thomas Aquinas refers to the human person as the horizon of creation-the meeting of heaven and earth. We are composite beings-embodied souls-with a complex makeup.
In Aristotle and St. Thomas’s understanding, the soul is just what makes a living thing to be alive. It animates or informs the body. In addition, the soul is the principle of our engagement with the environment-the seat of our vital activities. It initiates these activities through powers. This video will provide a first look at the powers of the soul.
Powers of the Soul: A First Look (Aquinas 101) - Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.
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I don't know if anyone else has pointed this out before, but Fr. Gregory Pine has the most accurate gestures for each point he makes. If my attention is off for a bit, I still don't miss what he says probably because I'm receiving information from multiple senses (also, I'm being honest - I didn't plan to write this comment because this video talks about senses! I only realized the coincidence when I reached the end of my typing :-) )
He practices a lot lol
Love these beautiful teachings. Thank you 🙏 I.
You're welcome.
When we look far in the Horizon Heaven n Earth seems to merge but where they truly meet is in our Hearts and Mind! St Thomas Aquainas
Excellent 🌻
Thank you for this video!
May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you!
Dude knows his stuff, true D-J
This is a very important lesson
In a nutshell what distinguish us separate us from plants and animals is our intellect and will and our ability to write! The written language is what distinguish us from animals k!
Very insightful.
Oh! I was awaiting more video,still it was great n well explained! Thanks .
Heaven and Earth seems to merge in the horizon but where they really meet is in our hearts and soul! St Thomas Aquainas The eyes and all the senses in our body is the window and portal of the soul! Aristotle Our thoughts dyes our soul! Stoic Philosopher and Roman Emperor 160-180 AD Marcus Aurelius
Does Aquinas ever elaborate on the nature of "the common sense" in organizing sense knowledge?
St. Thomas describes the interior senses here at Q. 78, a. 4: aquinas101.thomisticinstitute.org/st-ia-q-78#FPQ78A4THEP1 . . . he may have a longer treatment in his Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima, I just don't know that text as well. Cheers!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🌟 The human person, according to St. Thomas Aquinas, is a composite being, an embodied soul that bridges heaven and earth.
00:56 👁️🗨️ Human beings share basic vital powers like growth, nutrition, and reproduction with all living things.
01:23 👃👂👅👋 Human senses encompass five exterior senses and four interior senses. These senses are the foundation of sense cognition or knowledge.
02:41 🧠 Intellect and will are the highest faculties in humans. Intellect allows us to apprehend truth and reason, while will is our intellectual appetite, driving us toward what we perceive as good. These faculties distinguish us from animals.
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Thanks for the highlights.. I request for a written script if it's possible please..
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Thanks for your videos, i have a question please, why did St Augustine and St Catherina say that the soul has 3 powers: intellect, will and memory?
Excellent question! The Church has no settled doctrine on philosophical anthropology. So, though it is defined that the soul is the form of the body, there is no solemn definition on the different powers of the soul. St. Augustine, especially in the De Trinitate, likes to describe God in terms of these three powers, so it is helpful that there be three. St. Thomas is working more closely with Aristotle who did not accord a distinct role for memory apart from the intellect.
From St Agustine insights: because the 3 together makes of ourselves what we are. If you change one if them then you have changed. Also the 3 of them are an imperfect (but the best) image of the Trinity. Intellect begots memory (also both are simultaneous), and will connects intelect with memory creating the thought cicle. When they reach perfection converge in a single being: God.
My biblical anthropological view is that the spirit of life is what animates all living entities, be they human, animal, plant, or microorganism, whereas the immaterial soul was bestowed only upon humans, not other living creatures. The soul is where we derive our higher faculties, including consciousness, conscience, logical reasoning, sentience, self-awareness, and more. The soul uses the physical brain as a "bridge", so to speak, when it interacts with the material world. The soul is indestructible; it is the part of us that ascends to Heaven (or, God forbid, descends to Hell!) when the human body dies. This is why the blood atonement of Jesus Christ is important; it cleanses the original sin from our fallen human nature, thereby purifying our souls.
Here is a philosophical critique of the video on the Powers of the Soul by Aquinas 101:
The video presents Aquinas' view of the human soul having vegetative, sensitive, and rational powers. This raises some issues:
- Aquinas adheres to philosophical dualism - the soul is immortal and separable from the physical body. Many modern philosophers reject rigid distinctions between soul and body.
- The rational soul is said to be unique to humans, but some argue higher mammals have simpler forms of reason. The uniqueness of human rationality is debated.
- The vegetative and sensitive powers are described as subordinate to reason. But some philosophies argue emotion/instinct are equal or superior to reason.
- The view presents a hierarchical conception of the soul's powers - vegetative on bottom, rational at the top. More egalitarian views see the powers as interdependent.
Some alternative perspectives include:
- Physicalism - holds mental states are identical with brain states. Rejects a separate soul substance.
- Property dualism - consciousness is non-physical property, but not a distinct soul.
- Panpsychism - some form of consciousness exists in all physical things, not just humans.
- Pragmatist views - reject discussions of soul, emphasize practical effects of beliefs.
- Egalitarian models - reject soul hierarchy, see emotion/reason as intertwined.
In sum, while Aquinas provides an influential theory of the soul's powers, modern philosophy has generated many alternatives critiquing dualism and soul hierarchies. Examining different views allows expanded analysis of this deep issue.
What is the relationship between soul and brain
The soul is the form of the body. It's what makes a thing to be alive. Aristotle defines it as the first act of an organized body having life potentially within it. It gives shape, structure, intelligibility, coherence, and interiority to the human person. The soul is also the seat of the powers of the soul, which include intellect, will, sense cognition, sense appetite, locomotion, self-nutrition, growth, and reproduction. The intellect is our power of immaterial cognition. This power is seated in the brain, which is the corporeal organ through which the intellect operates primarily. Now, it isn't wholly circumscribed by the intellect or it would perish with the body. Aristotle gives arguments in De Anima 3 as to why that isn't the case.
The brain is the agent of movement between the immaterial and the material. It’s that which brings the immaterial which always exists into material existence in the body soul composite.
If the "vital activities that man shares in all living beings" includes reproduction, does that mean sterile beings are not living, and thus (as souls are "the form of living beings", as mentioned in a response to one of the comments below) lack a soul?
Sorry, I know this is in the strictest sense, and might be absurd, so I'm assuming this definition abbreviated and not actually what was claimed.
@@PhotonCrasher No. The word for power in Latin is potentia, which can also mean potency. This grammatical note helps us to see that the powers of the soul are qualities ordered to further realization or actualization. Now, that realization may be obstructed or impeded for one reason or another (sterility in your example), but that does not mean that the power is not radically present in the soul, which soul animates the being, giving life to the whole.
Are you suggesting these categories are still useful or should what Thomas wrote be seen as in need of an update? I mean taste and smell should perhaps not be categorized separately? Are there any actual support for these claims about the soul?
it is nice video but i would like to ask a question that What is the nature of intellect according to Aristotle?
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A person can loose their Soul hey But the Spirit only leaves the body at the death of the body (Aquinas is wrong)
How?
God is a Spirit and the soul is the living potential of God. The soul remains a fallen potential that must be imbued with the reality of Spirit, purified through prayer and supplication, and returned to the glory from which it descended and to the unity of the Whole. This rejoining of soul to Spirit is the alchemical marriage that determines the destiny of the self and makes it one with immortal Truth. When this ritual is fulfilled, the highest Self is enthroned as the Lord of Life and the potential of God, realized in man, is found to be the All-in-all.
The information here regarding the soul is inaccurate. it has partial truths however not the complete picture. This is understandable because the information is coming from a Christian flawed slant on the topic. Christians even omitted the teachings of rebirth/reincarnation in approx year 540 on the orders of an Emperor! So of course any teachings regarding the soul will be flawed. The Bhagavad Gita has the accurate teachings, this was taught around 1700 BC . It goes into depth of all three faculties and the original qualities that make up the soul. Also goes into the subtle mechanism in how it functions. The writings of Aquinas in comparison are childish. No disrespect to Thomas, he was simply "toeing" the Christian line.