Lesson 9:

Understanding
Transcendence
 Human as an
Embodied Spirit
Christian Definition
 SOMA (The outermost man)

Body *These are your senses.

*The one that needs physical needs and desires.
 PSYCHE (The outer man)

*SELF - Identity, Personality, Character

Soul *EMOTIONS - Feelings and Passions

*INTELLECT - Mind and thoughts
*WILL - Own will and desires
*CONSCIENCE - Know right from wrong
*EVIL - Dwelling place of the sinful nature
 PNEUMA (The inner man)

Spirit *SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT

*PEACE
*REVELATION
*COMMUNICATE WITH GOD
According to Plato
 Human Person as an
Embodied Spirit
BODY SOUL
*The body is material, (tangible) *The soul is immaterial, meaning
meaning it is mutable (can change) it is immutable and
and destructible (can perish). indestructible.
 Human Person as an
Embodied Spirit
BODY'S EXISTENCE SOUL'S EXISTENCE
is dependent to the soul is independent to the body
The Soul
THE SOUL EXISTED PRIOR TO
THE BODY
The human person is just a soul with a
human body. -Eddie Babor, Ll.B., Ph.D.
3 Parts of
The Soul
Rational soul

Spiritual soul
Appetitive soul
Appetitive soul drives the human person to experience: thirst,
hunger, other physical needs/wants.
Spiritual soul drives the human person to experience emotions.
Rational soul enables the human person to think, reflect,
analyze, comprehend, etc.
Reason: Guides

Spirit: Animates Soul

Desire: Motivates
According to
Aristotle
 Human Person as an
Embodied Spirit
THERE IS NO DIVISION BETWEEN THE PERSON'S
BODY AND SOUL.
THEY ARE INSEPARABLE.
THE SOUL IS THE PRINCIPLE OF LIFE.
ANYTHING THAT HAS LIFE HAS A SOUL
THE SOUL IS THE REASON WHY THE BODY LIVE
 Human Person as an
Embodied Spirit
THE SOUL IS THE FORM TO THE BODY, WHILE THE
BODY IS THE MATTER TO THE SOUL.

EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS THAT HAS LIFE IS

COMPOSED OF MATTER AND FORM.

ANYTHING THAT HAS LIFE HAS A SOUL.

 Soul
They posses the 3 basic requirements for a "living
being" one must have the capacity to grow, reproduce
and feed itself.
 Plants
3 Levels of Soul Animals
Humans
Vegetative Soul
(can't feel and think)

Sensitive Soul
(can feel but can't think)

Rational Soul
(can feel and think)
The human person
is just an animal
that thinks.

Man is a rational animal.

-Aristotle