THOMAS AQUINAS

 MAN = MATTER + FORM

 MATTER OR HYLE : “ COMMON STUFF THAT MAKES UP EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE”
“ THE STUFF THAT THE THING IS MADE OF”
 FORM OR MORPHE : “ESSENCE OF A SUBSTANCE OR THING”
( WHAT MAKES IT WHAT IT IS )
 WHAT MAKES A HUMAN PERSON A HUMAN PERSON AND NOT A DOG, OR A TIGER IS HIS SOUL,
HIS ESSENCE.
 For Aquinas, just as Aristotle, the soul is what animates the body; it is what makes us humans