Books
50 Questions on the Natural Law by Charles Rice: pages 143-149
On Being Human by Fulton J. Sheen
Aquinas by F.C.. Copleston
On Free Choice of the Will by Saint Augustine: Book 1 & Book 2
Thomistic Psychology by Robert Edward Brennan
This book is out of print, but well the effort to find a used copy. It is also quite advanced. However, this is the only book that I have encountered that actually discusses the specific faculties and powers of human nature. After an introduction that covers the same material that we cover in class, Brennan discusses the faculties and powers that we have in common with plants, then those we have in common with animals, and finally those that are unique to human nature. He defines and discusses each faculty or power, and explains how they interact with each other.
The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea (Paperback) by Arthur O. Lovejoy
A Study of the De Potentia of Thomas Aquinas in Light of the Dogmatik of Paul Tillich: Creation As Discipleship by Father Robert Barron - Order from Amazon.com
Online
"The Nature of Our Minds " by Fulton J. Sheen
The Truth of Things (Veritas blog)
Trying to Understand (Veritas blog)
Lectures
“Natural Law and Human Nature” by Father Joseph Koterski, S.J. - purchase online
Saint Thomas
- Discussion of the nature of the soul from Summa Theologica (Ia, 75) The entire question is worth reading. I selected a couple of target articles below:
- (Ia, 75, 1) Definition of the soul
- Whether the human soul is a substance - does the soul have existence in itself, or is it simply a property of the body?
- (Ia, 75, 6) The soul is incorruptible (eternal)
Discussion on the incorporeal nature of the soul (that the soul is not dependent on the body) from Summa Contra Gentiles (II, 49)
That the human soul does not perish with the body from Summa Contra Gentiles (II, 79)
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