HUMAN PERSON AS AN EMBODIED SPIRIT

According to the Christian Philosopy, “embodied spirit” means _______.

• The separable union of body and soul.

• The inseparable union of body and soul.

• The interchanging body and soul.

• The distance between body and soul.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a “body”?

• Material

• Immaterial

• Mutable

• Destructible

Which of the following is not a characteristic of “soul”?

• Material

• Immaterial

• Immutable

• Indestructible

Persons are embodied spirits because:

• We are purely material beings;

• We are not limited by time and space;

• Our spirits are more important than our body;

• The basic constitutive elements of our being humans are the physical body and the immaterial spirit.

Our thoughts and emotions reveal the reality that we are:

• Irrational beings;

• Created with body and spirit;

• Limited human persons;

• Of the same nature with the animals.

One of the most obvious capabilities of the human persons as conscious beings is:

• The capability to commit impulsive and irrational action;

• The capability to determine the future with absolute certainty;

• The capability to determine the moral quality of his or her action;

• The capability to rely on others for the personal and serious decisions to be made in view of his or her life.

According to the principle of life, anything that has _____ has a soul.

• Brain

• Body

• Feeling

• Life

The highest power in man is...

• the ability to love

• the ability to reason

• our power over other species

The human person's dignity depends on what he has (possession) or does (action).

• True.

• False.

It is the immortal, non corporeal essence of man.

• Sould

• Spirit

• Body

• Flesh