1. Are you afraid to die, why or
why not?
2 . Wh a t d o y o u t h i n k h a p p e n s t o
our body and soul after death?
3. What are the things you want to
accomplish before you die?
The body is not separate from
the soul, just as the soul is not
s e p a r a t e f r o m t h e b o d y.
The understanding about human
person is based on their
knowledge and interest of the
world.
Human soul should be
nurtured properly through its
acquisition of knowledge,
wisdom, and virtue.
M a n ’s b o d y a n d s o u l a r e
substantially united. In this
unity the soul is the perfect
realization of the body while the
body is a material entity which
has the potentiality of life.
The core of medieval
p h i l o s o p h y i s t h e o d i c y.
Theodicy studies God based on
rational account or rational
methods.
God is the creator of the world
including the creation of the
immortal human soul. In this line
of thought, he asserted that man
is not only a rational and material
animal but also a spirit embodied
in material substance.
The goal of human existence is
the union and eternal fellowship
with God. The soul, is capable of
existing apart from the living
b o d y a f t e r t h e d e a t h o f t h e b o d y,
because the soul is incorruptible.
The period centers on the
nature of the mind and its
r e l a t i o n t o t h e b o d y.
Every man exists only to
himself, and not for others.
“I think therefore I am”
Knowledge is founded on
experience and no knowledge
can go beyond experience.
T h e p h y s i c a l b o d y, i n i t s r e a l
sense, is the place or the home
of every human being. The
human person must evaluate his
doings because every action has
a c c o m p a n y i n g c o n s e q u e n ce s o n
the spirit.
The union of the body and soul
in the human person is
anchored on the truth
established in the Bible.
Direction: Identify the proponents of the
s t a t e m e n t s a n d w r i t e y o u r r e s p o n s e t o t h o se
statements.
1 . H e m a i n t a i n e d t h a t t h e m i n d i s d i ff e r e n t
from the body and therefore one can exist
w i t h o u t o t h e r.
2. The decay of the body does not logically
imply the destruction of the mind.
Direction: Identify the proponents of the
s t a t e m e n t s a n d w r i t e y o u r r e s p o n s e t o t h o se
statements.
3. Knowledge is founded on experience.
4. The human person is subject to his own
moral acts.