tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post665086949622837687..comments2024-02-19T22:24:48.553-06:00Comments on Ite ad Thomam Institute: Do the passions remain in the separated soul?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-18071207040608622152007-06-05T16:52:00.000-05:002007-06-05T16:52:00.000-05:00I stand corrected: they remain in the soul virtual...I stand corrected: they remain in the soul virtually, not actually. <BR/><BR/>That they "exist" virtually in the separated soul means that the soul, not the body, is the source of these faculties. For their actual existence they require the presence of the body. Hence, if the soul were to become embodied again (through the resurrection), the soul would be again capable of causing these faculties Don Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311891550867339411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-56563463841059291112007-05-01T12:48:00.000-05:002007-05-01T12:48:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Don Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311891550867339411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-72127429864160234412007-05-01T11:34:00.000-05:002007-05-01T11:34:00.000-05:00Francisco,Just thought I'd make a comment. (By th...Francisco,<BR/><BR/>Just thought I'd make a comment. (By the way, I'm a friend of John Heitzenrater's -- I teach philosophy at a small Catholic college in Texas, the College of St. Thomas More, where John is taking classes).<BR/><BR/>Your answer regarding the passions in the separated soul bothered me somehow. I seemed to remember Thomas saying that the powers do in fact remain even in the TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677053301442420833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-80524193451642184722007-04-29T19:24:00.000-05:002007-04-29T19:24:00.000-05:00Right; that's exactly what I'm saying. We have on...Right; that's exactly what I'm saying. We have only the third kind of soul, the rational soul, which includes the perfections of the other two kinds, PLUS rational faculties.<BR/><BR/>Unlike other scholastics, Aquinas subscribed to the unity of substantial forms.<BR/><BR/>-FJR.Don Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311891550867339411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-47545086287189504302007-04-27T05:53:00.000-05:002007-04-27T05:53:00.000-05:00Sed contraI thought the Thomistic view is that hum...Sed contra<BR/><BR/>I thought the Thomistic view is that humans have one soul, which includes the vegetative, animal and rational powers. <BR/><BR/>Other scholastics taught a plurality of souls.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com