Quiz No. 4

St. Thomas Aquinas theory about the division of the soul in which it is intrinsically dependent upon matter (food, home, etc.) to survive.

He coined that human soul is associated with fire.

Empedocles believed that a pure love energy who got trapped /possessed in a living body is referred as?

The division of the soul responsible for thinking and reasoning.

He believed that human nature is determined by one’s soul; the soul is the center of moral life, and its perfection is brought about by knowledge, which will bring a person the highest form of happiness.

He identified the three divisions of the soul.

The property (fragment) or group of properties of something without which it would not exist or be what it is.

He believed that  the soul existed before the body until such time when the soul committed sins, and it was jailed inside the body as a punishment.

He argued that the soul did not come into existence with the body, and instead came prior to being joined with the body. As the body dies, the soul survives, going through a cycle of reincarnation/transmigration; because of this, everything that exists has a corresponding “form” or understanding of idea, each time it goes through the cycle.

What is the title of Lesson no. 7?