Thomas Aquinas on bodily identity /

Thomas Aquinas asked the essential philosophical question which continues to resound to the modern day: what constitutes a human being? This volume looks at Aquinas's views on bodily and spiritual identity through a lens of theological concerns, pagan and Arabic authoritative sources, and conte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fitzpatrick, Antonia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274.
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274
Christianity > Philosophy.
Human body (Philosophy)
Christianisme > Philosophie.
Corps humain (Philosophie)
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Medieval.
Christianity > Philosophy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Resurrection in the Sentences : The 'Truth of Human Nature'
  • After Aristotle : Resurrection Idem Numero
  • Aquinas on the Human Body : An Outline
  • 1. Aristotelian Tradition (I) : Individuality and the Individual Body
  • Introduction
  • The Basics (I) Body and Soul as 'Proper Matter' and 'Proper Form'
  • Substance and Accident
  • The Basics (II) Human Generation, the Material Principle, and Necessity in Causation
  • Generation of the Individual Body
  • Individual Body and the Intellect in De Anima
  • Essence and Individuality in the Metaphysics
  • Conclusions
  • 2. Aristotelian Tradition (II) : Bodily Identity
  • Introduction
  • Body as a Kind of Quantity
  • Growth and Material Exchange
  • Corpse
  • Substantial Change and Material Continuity
  • Aristotle on Substantial Change
  • Averroes on Substantial Change and Corporeal Structure
  • Corporeal Structure as Incorruptible
  • Corporeal Structure as Divisible
  • Corporeal Structure and Material Identity
  • 'Indeterminate Dimensions' : An Accidental Form Sui Generis
  • Conclusions
  • 3. Thomas Aquinas (I) : Individuality and the Individual Body
  • Introduction
  • Substantial Form and Matter in Human Nature
  • Essence and Esse
  • Human Essence as Composite
  • Commensuratio between Individual Soul and Individual Body
  • Universals
  • Dimensive Quantity : The Body's Accidental Corporeal Form
  • Dimensive Quantity and Organic Structure
  • The Human Body as Optime Dispositus
  • Human Generation, Heredity, the Shaping of Individuals
  • Material Developments in Human Generation
  • Individual Bodies
  • Individual Matter
  • Conclusions
  • 4. Thomas Aquinas (II) : Bodily Identity
  • Introduction
  • Material Continuity in the Mortal Body
  • Identity of Dimensive Quantity across Growth
  • Formal Continuity in the Resurrected Body
  • Body's Esse
  • Soul and the Body's Formal Identity
  • Soul as the Body's Efficient Cause
  • Soul as One of Two Essential Principles
  • Postmortem Bodily and Material Continuity
  • Continuity of the Matter Particular to Individual Bodies
  • Christ's Corpse and Saints' Relics
  • Conclusions.

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