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The Individuation Of The Soul After Death | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

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The Essay Terminum Is the Essay of the Soul

The essay terminatum is the essay of the body, but it's not coming from the body. So here we're getting to the roots of the claim that the human being is one, unum per se. And all of this allows Aquinas to reach the conclusion he's been working towards. When bodies are removed, there will still remain for each soul its own essay terminatum according to the affections or dispositions that follow on that soul.

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