The Relation of the Soul and the Substance in Thomas Aquinas

Philosophy and Culture 35 (4):127-141 (2008)
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss Thomas Aquinas on the flexible definition of the soul, the soul is a flexible entity, though it is not a complete entity, but as a form of realization of human existence, also goes for most of the medieval philosophers flexible view of the soul, and after the Spirit Soul There are different issues related to competition regardless. This paper is about the discussion on the definition of the "Soul" according Thomas Aquinas. He claimed that the soul is a substance, but it is not a complete substance; the soul is as the substantial form of the body. This is the view of most philosophers concerned in the medieval ages, and they had argued on the base of Aquinas and also argued other questions about the soul

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