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Summa Theologiae · I, q. 76

Question 76. Of the Union of Body and Soul

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, First Part. 8 articles.

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We now consider the union of the soul with the body; and concerning this there are eight points of inquiry:

(1) Whether the intellectual principle is united to the body as its form?

(2) Whether the intellectual principle is multiplied numerically according to the number of bodies; or is there one intelligence for all men?

(3) Whether in the body the form of which is an intellectual principle, there is some other soul?

(4) Whether in the body there is any other substantial form?

(5) Of the qualities required in the body of which the intellectual principle is the form?

(6) Whether it be united to such a body by means of another body?

(7) Whether by means of an accident?

(8) Whether the soul is wholly in each part of the body?

Articles

  1. Whether the Intellectual Principle Is United to the Body As Its Form?
  2. Whether the Intellectual Principle Is Multiplied According to the Number of Bodies?
  3. Whether Besides the Intellectual Soul There Are in Man Other Souls Essentially Different from One Another?
  4. Whether in Man There Is Another Form Besides the Intellectual Soul?
  5. Whether the Intellectual Soul Is Properly United to Such a Body?
  6. Whether the Intellectual Soul Is United to the Body Through the Medium of Accidental Dispositions?
  7. Whether the Soul Is United to the Animal Body by Means of a Body?
  8. Whether the Soul Is in Each Part of the Body?

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