The relationship between soul and body in the philosophical anthropology of Thomas Aquinas

Toma Akvinski je kršćanski teolog i filozof koji je živio u trinaestom stoljeću. Kroz rad promatramo čovjeka u antropologiji Tome Akvinskoga. Na početku vidimo njegovu metafiziku, narav ljudske duše kao i odnos duše i tijela. Čovjek je jedinstvo duše i tijela. Duša je unutarnji princip bića po kojem neko biće živi i djeluje te to pitanje odnosa između ljudske duše i tijela i dan danas otvara raspravu kod filozofa. Duša je forma, a tijelo je materija. Ljudska duša ima vlastitost, a to su da je ona nematerijalna, samostalna i besmrtna.Thomas Aquinas is a Christian theologian and philosopher who lived in the thirteenth century. In this research we are looking Aquinas s understanding of human beings in his anthropology. In the beginning we see his metaphysics, the nature of the human soul and the relationship between soul and body. Human being is a unity of soul and body. The soul is the inner principle according which a being lives and acts, but question of the relationship between the human soul and body still an open question amongst philosophers. Soul is form and body is matter. The human soul has following characteristics: it is immaterial, independent and immortal