Do Human Beings Stop Existing at Their Deaths in Aquinas’ Account? ()
ABSTRACT
Thomas Aquinas persistently defended the idea that the soul survives physical death. But what exactly is the rational soul that becomes separated from the body at death? When a person’s body dies, do they cease to exist? Over the past few decades, a nuanced debate has developed between “survivalists” and “corruptionists” over whether or not a separated soul is still a person, leading to impenetrable disagreements in which neither side can seem to sway the other. In this research, I propose a previously unexplored answer to this contentious query: that a person whose soul has been separated from their body is an incomplete human being.
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Quang, K. (2023) Do Human Beings Stop Existing at Their Deaths in Aquinas’ Account?
Open Journal of Philosophy,
13, 394-406. doi:
10.4236/ojpp.2023.132026.
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