Aquinas on the Union of Body and Soul | Prof. Gyula Klima
The Thomistic Institute
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The Immateriality of the Intellect
When we say that the whole soul is any part of the body we mean by whole the totality of perfection of its nature and not some totality of parts. So it is the same whole soul that is in every part of the living body. In fact, this goes for all material substantial forms except that the substantial forms and souls enable essential functions such as metabolism, reproduction, sensation and even interaction. For Aquinas argues that thinking the characteristic function of the human intellect the power that enables us to think is an activity that cannot take place in a material medium.
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