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Ethics 101 (in discussion form) 35 Replies

Lets keep this one simple, do you believe that we have duties that we must perform (Deontology), that consequences should determine morality (Consequentialism, Utilitarianism), or that intention is…Continue

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Started by Jeffrey Elliott. Last reply by Damnage97 on Wednesday.

The Philosophy of Religion 4 Replies

This topic likely needs little prompting to get it going, HOWEVER I must insist that this discussion remain PHILOSOPHICAL! Assemble your premises, state your conclusion, await rebuttal, answer…Continue

Started by Jeffrey Elliott. Last reply by Bryan Rosander, FL May 16.

atheism and christianity friendships? 26 Replies

I usually don't post 2 or more discussions a day, but i will make an exception.I was at a church meeting today with my youth group for an event, and our youth pastor at our church talked about having…Continue

Started by Scott Singletary. Last reply by Jeffrey Elliott May 11.

E.T's 10 Replies

Is there really such thing as Extra Terrestrials? Or are we the only ones in this entire Universe?Continue

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Comment by Shane on November 3, 2011 at 4:09pm: Yes, that's pretty much it. Like you said, the first principle has to be outside the body, because otherwise, everything would be living. Thus the defining factor of life, as he calls it, the first principle, is something beyond the material, something that can still move material bodies, which he says the soul is able to do in the same way that heat can warm something without being a material body itself.

The internet is awesome. I love how many places out there make the full text of the Summa readily available.

Comment by Brianna Marie on November 3, 2011 at 3:47pm: It is Question 75: Of man who is composed of a spiritual and a corporeal substance... Article 1: Whether the soul is a body.

I'm kind of confused as to why Aquinas thinks the soul is immaterial. He gives the argument that the first principle of life having to be immaterial because otherwise everything made of matter would be alive... Is that the answer?

Comment by Shane on November 3, 2011 at 3:17pm: I don't have my copy of the Summa with me - are you sure he says it's not a body and not the body? Probably just wishful thinking, because that would be quite a bit easier...

Where exactly does he say this? I can look for the text on the internet and read more into it. I imagine that you're right: the soul is not a physical body, and therefore is immaterial.

Comment by Brianna Marie on November 3, 2011 at 2:54pm: I have a question. I'm writing a paper on Aquinas's view of the soul (why he thinks the soul is immaterial, subsistent, and immortal) One of his arguments is showing how the soul is not a body. Is this the same thing as the soul is immaterial? It seems that what he is arguing. I was wondering if he was substituting the idea of "material" for the word "body"?