The Thomistic Institute

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

Jul 18, 2022
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INSIGHT

Human Being As One Substance

  • Aquinas holds the human being is one substance composed of soul and body, not two substances.
  • The human soul is an immaterial, subsistent intellectual form that survives bodily death.
INSIGHT

The Individuation Problem Posed

  • Aquinas faces the objection that immaterial souls would be identical if all humans share one form.
  • He develops arguments to show souls remain numerically distinct after death despite sharing species-form.
ADVICE

Study Aquinas By Comparing Arguments

  • Read Aquinas closely as a student to grasp his metaphysical synthesis.
  • Trace different arguments he uses to reveal their shared metaphysical foundations.
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