Name the two internal parts of every human being?
BODY (aka Matter) & SOUL (aka Substantial Form)
All creatures are made from this. What is it?
Name the 5 exterior senses in less than 10 seconds:
SIGHT, HEARING, TOUCH, SMELL, TASTE
Name the interior senses?
Common Sense
Imagination
Cogitative
Memory
How many goals has Cristiano Ronaldo scored in his entire career?
A. 961
B. 853
C. 1,021
As of January 30, 2026, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 961 official senior career goals for club and country in 1,305 matches, making him the all-time top goalscorer in football history.
MAN or HUMAN BEING
The SUBSTANTIAL FORM is what makes a creature to exist as "this" or "that" particular type of being. For example, as a horse, a tree, a human, a cat, ect.
What is the "proper object" of the exterior sense of sight?
COLOR
Explain what the "internal senses" do.
The interior senses allow an animal to organize and use data that has been received through the exterior senses
Who invented the first telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the first telephone, receiving the first U.S. patent for the device on March 7, 1876.
What makes a person act and behave differently than a monkey?
Substantial Form: a thing acts according to its form
Give another word that has the same meaning as the "Substantial Form"
The DEFINITION or the ESSENCE (Both are accetable answers)
Note: technically the definition of a thing must include both the form and the matter. The human, for example, is not just his substantial form but also his body.
What do we call the ability that animals have to collect information from their surroundings?
SENSATION
Which interior sense's job is it to store sensible forms?
Imagination: the imagination is the storehouse for the sensible forms that have been formed by the Common Sense
What year did Lewis and Clark explore the west?
1804 - 1806
Explain and differentiate the two faculties (powers) that belong to a human soul.
Intellect - the power that collects intellectual knowledge. Its proper object is "truth" and the "essence" of things
Will - the power of the soul that chooses and moves the person. Its proper object is the "good". The will is also known as the intellectual appetite
What is the term we have used in class to signify that a creature is changable and capable of receiving changes
MUTABILITY
Note: are creatures are mutible and capable of receiving change
What is the proper object for the exterior sense of TOUCH?
Texture or Pressure or Temperature
NOTE: the exterior sense of touch gathers tactile information
Explain what is the function of the interior sense known as the COGITATIVE?? What does it do?
Assigns an intention and value to sensible forms. As the animal has experiences, the COGITATIVE assigns some value to it. For example, the sheep evaluates grass as good; steep cliff as dangerous.
What is the name of the Ancient City in the country of Jordan that we discussed in class. Famous for its architecture being cut out of rock and originating from 4th Century BC. Also considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ancient City of Petra
How do we know human beings much different than any other animal on Earth??
(Hard Question)
We OBSERVE activities which no other animal does ... we observe human beings do things that require intellectual understanding of a high level (Making art, doing calculus, building skyscrapers, robbing banks, ect)
Complete this phrase:
"Everything acts according to its _____________ . "
FORM (substantial form)
Note: Every creatures acts and lives in accordance with the substantial form. For example, the gold fish behaves in accordance with this form. Same for the cow and the human being.
Part 1: Women who lost her sense of sight and hearing and still became a famous writer?
Part 2: What decade did this person die?
Both answers required
Helen Keller (d. 1968)
What is the unique ability the INTELLECT has when dealing with sensible information?
(This is a hard question)
The intellect is able to ABSTRACT a universal form.The intellect can beyond what is material. For example, the human intellect can know the universal concept of "tree" which somehow includes all types of trees.
What is the record for the oldest living person? (using modern records)
The record for the oldest verified human being is held by Jeanne Calment of France, who lived to the age of 122 years. Born in 1875, she passed away in 1997