Philosophy Shows You Have an Immortal Soul (Aquinas 101)

The soul makes the heart not only to be, but to beat. Soul makes the eyes not only to be, but to see.

The soul is the organizational pattern of all parts, and all the parts of all the parts of our bodies. Once upon a time, it was common for people to speak of their souls with a sense that the soul is of great value, perhaps even immortal. But it seems that we've lost touch with our souls—so let us retrieve the ancient understanding.

The Immortality of the Soul (Aquinas 101) - Fr. James Brent, O.P.

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[Verhoefswords]

Thank you, Father! I'm not Catholic but you're helping me pass my Medieval philosophy class!

[aiantenor]

Learned something new today. The difference of the soul and spirit in us and how we are different from animals and plant souls. I think not taking care of my soul may be one of the reasons why my body is in pain.

[byron]

Now I know that spirit is the rational soul and we have different spirit with the angels because our soul is in the body it has a form! Thanks Father more of this simple enlightening explanation! More Power Godspeed! K

[Cleisthenes]

This is why Aristotle says a dead person's hand is a hand only by a kind of analogy

[magdalenacuevas]

Great videos! May God continue to bless the Thomistic Institute. Now is up to us to pass them on.

[SacredReason]

GLORY BE TO THE FATHER, TO THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD ALMIGHTY. HALLELUJAH. AMEN.

[AnciAlatir]

This is hugely relevant when we think about how the human mind is different and superiort to A.I.

[lauzeladasse]

All this is a gif to me, God all bless you and your excellent Work, you teach so clear Father.

[LMD]

Thank God for Saints Dominic and Thomas Aquinas and all the Dominicans who through their study and contemplation of the Divine truth are able to reach out to the laity so we can also able to understand and to know more about our Triune God so we can love more and glorify God.

[barrywilson]

As a former undergraduate philosophy major. Philosophy doesn't show or prove. Philosophy speculates rationally. There will always be a future thinker to challenge and that's expected.

[QuTeBug]

I thought I had a proper understanding of our "soul' now my head is spinning 🤯

[grmalinda]

Soul is that part of us that seeks truth, beauty and goodness.
No other creatures have this ability
To my way of thinking.

[maryjohnstone]

So lovely to watch these videos, thanks for this wonderful one, so easily explained almost to keep up with !. Comforting too, in thinking about a loved one who has died.R.i.p.

[lifeisbeautiful-nerin]

Wow...I struggled explaining what a soul is to my 6 year old daughter today. Thanks for this !!!

[julialopes]

The relationship between body and soul can even explain sickness as a consequence of disordered soul activity, since it’s the one that controls the body

[mrman]

Oooohh this is interesting. This explains why we're able to try to comprehend & describe things like the 4th dimension or non-Euclidean geometry, even though we can never experience / sense them!

[jenniferCastellano]

This is going to sound like dumb question but of our senses and perceptions are all related to organs then after death are we just completely deaf and blind until the resurrection? Will we be floating around in quiet nothingness without having senses. Or would we be able to perceive the spiritual world around us via spiritual senses? And if the angels are pure spirit without any bodies how are they able to watch over us and such? Are they deaf and blind too?

[gavynabshire]

I’m not catholic, but it was a joy to watch you work, Father

[Susan-vkrj]

Très bon message. Mon père, je vous en remercie. J'ai réellement tout à apprendre sur ces explications dites catholiques, mais de ce que j'entends, cela me paraît très beau, très juste, et aussi très bon. Je viens de m'abonner à cette chaîne.
Merci encore.

[kirolotfy]

Thank you father I need this because I grew up with a concept of soul that didn't identify at all with consciousness or mind. It caused me great confusion when I heard all of these ideas about consciousness or the weirdest of them all cosmic consciousness.