Treatise on human nature : the complete text (Summa theologiae I, Questions 75-102)

"This is the only free-standing English translation of the entire Treatise on human nature, which includes St. Thomas's account of the metaphysical status of the human soul and its relation to the human organism (Questions 75-77); the powers of the soul, especially the higher intellective powers that distinguish humans from other animals (Questions 78-89); and, those questions on human origins, the creation of the first man and first woman, and their status as being created in the image of God (Questions 90-102)."--Cover, p. 1. The essence of the human soul The union of the soul with the body The powers of the soul in general The specific powers of the soul The appetitive powers in general The sentient appetite The will Free choice How the conjoined soul understands corporeal things that are below itself The mode and order of intellective understanding What our intellect has cognition of in material things How our intellect has cognition of itself and of what exists within it How the human soul understands things that are above it A separated soul's cognition The initial production of man with repect to his soul The production of the first man's body The production of the woman The end or terminus of the production of man The state of the first man with respect to his intellect Things relevant to the first man's will, viz., grace and justice The sort of dominion that belonged to the first man in the state of innocence The conservation of the individual in the initial state The conservation of the species in the initial state The condition of the generated offspring with respect to their body The condition of the generated offspring with respect to justice The condition of the generated offspring with respect to knowledge Man's location, i.e., Paradise. "This is the only free-standing English translation of the entire Treatise on human nature, which includes St. Thomas's account of the metaphysical status of the human soul and its relation to the human organism (Questions 75-77); the powers of the soul, especially the higher intellective powers that distinguish humans from other animals (Questions 78-89); and, those questions on human origins, the creation of the first man and first woman, and their status as being created in the image of God (Questions 90-102)."--[Couv.]