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Introduction:
“What is man that you should be mindful of him, or the son of man that you
should care for him? You have made him a little less than the angels, and crowned
him with glory and honor. You have given him rule over the works of your hands,
putting all things under his feet.”
(Psalm 8:5-7)
The Answer:
Jesus Christ
“In Christ and through Christ, we have acquired full
awareness of our dignity, of the heights to which we are
raised, of the surpassing worth of our humanity and of
the meaning of our existence”
Jesus reveals that our origin, meaning and destiny is grounded on God.
We are:
1. created in God’s own image and likeness (Gen. 1: 26 )
hence, act and treat others accordingly, that is:
treat man not as mere objects or commodity,
but with great value, their worth, with faculties, and deserves nobler
treatment than animals.
We are not totally free to intervene with our bodies which are
subjected to the laws of the material world.
We must learn to love ourselves in the true
context/meaning of love
Everybody deserves respect and honorable use
St. Thomas does not despise external goods because they are important
to support the family maintaining a state of life
development of personality to practice duties of
friendship and charity
because the body is the outlet of the soul – his bodily set
up shows that he is capable
BODY SOUL
material spiritual
principle of imperfection principle of perfection
mortality, finite immortality, infinite
According to PLATO
i. The soul is a spiritual substance endowed with a body
ii. The soul needs the embodiment
iii. The assistance of the senses is needed for the
fulfillment of the soul’s vital task
FUNDAMENTALLY EQUAL
“From this point of view, all men are equal; there is no
difference between the rich and the poor, the masters and the
servants, the rulers and the subjects.” RN
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