HUMAN

COMPOSITION
FIX ME!!!!
1. NTLMOIITIA
2. MHUAN
3. TCISOMOPNOI
4. AULDMS
5. IRSTF EVIW
THEORIES ON HUMAN COMPOSITION

1. MONISM
This theory holds that man is composed
of one basic substance or principle as the
ground of reality. In other words, the reality
of man consists of single element, whether
matter or spirit.
2. DUALISM
This theory holds that man is made up
of two irreducible elements-matter and
spirit.
A. FIRST VIEW
Man’s matter and spirit are two
independent entities and they interact with
each other. As two independent elements,
it is possible for the spirit and the body to
either temporarily or permanently separate
at a particular period of time.
According to Karl Rahner: We are a unity
of body and soul. Body and soul are
equally real, true, radical, substantial,
and original. They are neither uniform
nor deducible from each other. There is
no existential cleavage between them.
Yet they can be distinguished from each
other. Soul is the form of the body. We
can never encounter mere body and
never encounter pure soul.
B. SECOND VIEW
Man is matter-spirit

C. THIRD VIEW [BIBLICAL VIEW]

Man is made up of body, soul, and
spirit.
According to Aristotle:
There are living things and
non-living things. The soul
is the characteristic activity
of living things. The body is
alive if it has a soul.
WHAT MAKES/CAUSES
A HUMAN PERSON’S
LIMITATION?
“THE SPIRIT IS
WILLING BUT
THE BODY IS
WEAK”
 MAN AS THE LIVING OR
METAPHYSICAL PARADOX
“Man is flesh and spirit in divided union” [Felix
Montemayor]

The flesh signifies material bodily, tangible

substance. The spirit or the soul signifies the
immaterial, non-bodily, invisible, reality in
man. Yet the two seemingly contradictory
concepts are realized and united intimately in
man.
 I HAVE BODY JUST
LIKE HOW I HAVE
THINGS. THERE IS A
DIFFERENCE
HAVING A BODY AND
HAVING THINGS FOR
I AM MY BODY
 MAN AS A BIOLOGICAL BEING
(MAN AND HIS BODY)
Our bodies are constantly changing. They exhibit
defect, vulnerability, change, and decay. They
bear the intimations of our morality. The way
we perceived and feel about our own bodies
contribute significantly to the way we
perceived and feel about the world.
 MAN AS AN EMBODIED SUBJECT
(MAN AS MORE THAN HIS BODY)
The statement “man is an embodied subject”
implies that our bodies are not accessories.
Our bodies are essential to our being
integrated persons. Our bodies are symbols of
interiority and are subject to the laws of the
material world. Bodily existence also means
that we must accept our genetic endowment,
which sets the baseline for certain possibilities
and limitations to our physical, intellectual,
and psychological capacities.
 ACTIVITY: MY LIMITATION

Come up with a check list that is

composed of your limitations in the
following aspects: (5 example each)

1. Physical
2. Mental/intellectual
3. Social
4. Spiritual