Philosophy

• EMBODIED it is being materialized or incarnated
• a spirit being incarnated
• Embodied Spirit- does not necessarily refer to the incarnation or materialization of spirit as an immaterial entity
• Christian Philosophy the concept of the embodied spirit is specific to Christian philosophy
• Christian Philosophy the inseparable union of body and soul
• "embodied spirit" = the body is not separate from the soul, just as the soul is not separate from the body
• Embodied Spirit - the point of convergence between the material and spiritual entities
• we cannot talk of anything without the union of: MATTER and form
• Embodied Spirit- it enables us to know our potentialities and limitations
• Embodied Spirirt- it also exposes us to a thorough and deeper understanding of ourselves as a unique creature united by body and soul
• Aristotle on the Human Person as an Embodied Spirit it is important at this point to provide the theoretical context of this issue large part a reaction against Plato's take on the nature of the human person
• Plato seen in the metaphysical dichotomy
• material = mutable destructible
• immaterial = immutable indestructible
• DICHOTOMY there is an inherent contradiction between the body and the soul
• in the context of the nature of the human person: body's existence DEPENDENT=soul
• soul's existence INDEPENDENT=body
• the contention above made Plato conclude that the human person is just a soul using a body
• 3 parts of the soul 1) rational 2) spiritual 3) appetitive
• The Myth of the Charioteer to provide an overview of Plato's account of the human person
• The Myth of the Charioteer

  to comprehend the complex nature of the soul
• The Myth of the charioteer

  serves as a background to Aristotle's account of the human person as an embodied spirit
• Spiritual and appetitive soul - motion and activity of the whole person
• rational soul to guide the spiritual and appetitive souls
• rational soul the highest of all parts of the soul
• Rational soul

  guides the other two parts: appetitive and spiritual
• desire 》MOTIVATES
• spirit 》ANIMATES
• reason 》GUIDES
• reason 》SOUL
• Socrates = if reason can successfully guide desire and spirit =

  the human person will attain a well-balanced personality
• Plato:

  the soul exists prior to the body =

  the soul is an entity distinct from the body
• if we talk about the human person, we talk about the body and soul: inseparable
• Embodied Spirit = separable
• the soul is imprisoned in the body and that the soul survives the death of the body: Immaterial, immutable, indestructible
• soul leaves the body and goes back to the: World of Forms
• Plato's doctrine of form 2 kinds of worlds = 1) World of Forms 2) World of Matter
• everything comes from the World of Forms everything that exists will go back to the World of Forms after it perishes
• body decomposes and the soul will go back to the World of Forms and lives there eternally
• Aristotle : there is no dichotomy between the person's body and soul