THE "SUMMA THEOLOGICA"

QUESTION LXXVI.
OF THE UNION OF BODY AND SOUL.
(In Eight Articles.)
WE now consider the union of the soul with the body;
and concerning this there are eight points for inquiry:
(1) Whether the intellectual principle is united to the body
as its form? (2) Whether the intellectual principle is
multiplied numerically according to the number of bodies;
or is there one intelligence for all men ? (3) Whether in the
body the form of which is an intellectual principle, there is
some other soul? (4) Whether in the body there is any
other substantial form? (5) Of the qualities required in
the body of which the intellectual principle is the form?
(6) Whether it be united to such a body by means of
another body? (7) Whether by means of an accident?
(8) Whether the soul is wholly in each part of the body ?
FIRST ARTICLE.
WHETHER THE INTELLECTUAL PRINCIPLE IS UNITED TO THE
BODY AS ITS FORM ?
We proceed thus to the First Article :_
Objection I. It seems that the intellectual principle is not
united to the body as its form. For the Philosopher says
(De Anima iii. 4) that the intellect is separate, and that it is
not the act of any body. Therefore it is not united to the
body as its form.
Obj. 2. Further, every form is determined according to
the nature of the matter of which it is the form; otherwise
no proportion would be required between matter and form.
Therefore if the intellect were united to the body as its
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