PHL206H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Quiddity, Substantial Form, Averroes
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Human nature: soul, body, cognitive faculties february 16 th. The soul and cognition are the most theologically relevant, which is why aquinas devotes so much text to it. There is a connection between human nature and human knowledge. He is examining the operation/activity and extrapolating what kind of power/capacity you need to perform that operation. The proper object of the human mind and knowledge is the quiddity (whatness, essence) of the material thing/object. Having a body is part of what it means to be human, but humans are not just animals; they also have minds, and the evidence for that is we can achieve this level of knowledge. On one hand, he is committed to: thesis of the subsistence of the human soul. It is capable of existing on its own. It is a subsistent entity unto itself, has complete being in itself, and is able to exist independently of anything else (ie. the body).
