would be particularized and thus unable to engage in general, universal thinking (DQS 14 resp, ST 1 Q75 a2). And if the mind can engage in its distinctive operation without using the body, then it can survive the death of the body.6 But Aquinas seems to be trying to have his pizza and eat it too. On the one hand, my mind must act without my body in order to think universally. On the other hand, my mind is only my mind because it is a power of my soul, and my soul is only my soul because it is tied to my particular body (DQS 2 resp). This is a point on which Aquinas really needs to insist.
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