Aquinas on the Body

We’re going to take a break this week and read what the most famous medieval Catholic theologian had to say about baby cannibals. Really.

Medieval Christian philosophers were very worried about how the Christian doctrine of the resurrection of the body could be true, given that bodies are made out of material that can be recycled to make up different bodies. So there is some wild speculation that goes on in this passage about how God handles some of the very hardest cases.

Give it a read - it’s relatively short - and then we’ll talk about it on Wednesday and discuss whether Aquinas’ views raise any interesting issues about how we should feel about our bodies being treated if we turn into zombies.