The Concepts of Beings by Phaedrus, Thomas, and Aristotle

Introduction

Phaedrus, Thomas, and Aristotle are great philosophers who have different similarities and differences in a manner they described the concept of beings. These can be described as follows:

Differences

In accordance with the Plato and Phaedrus tend to postulates that the human beings comprise of the mortal and immortal beings. In the case of immortal being all souls look after all those who lack a soul patrols all over heavens as they take different shapes and forms. Therefore, so long as their wings are in their perfect conditions, they tend to fly higher, and the entire universe is under its dominion. However, the soul that tend to shade their wings wanders unit it lights on something which is solid where it can settle and take the earthly body which owes to the souls power. It is the combination of the soul and body is what is referred to as living things. In this case, can have the designation as mortal'. To better comprehend the nature of the soul divine, Thomas and Plato argued that every soul is immortal. It is to mean that whatever is always in motion is considered to be immortal. Some souls could also be got from gods, and they resemble those of the gods. Also, a human soul can enter a wild animal, and a soul that was once human can move from an animal to a human being again. But a soul that never saw the truth cannot take a human shape, since a human being must understand speech in terms of general forms, proceeding to bring many perceptions together into a reasoned unity. Therefore, they concluded that in the situation where the human judgment is taken into control, a process which leads to the reasoning towards what is best, that is what is considered to be referred to as the being which is in the right mind. However, when the desires take command of us and drag us without reasoning towards pleasure, then such a command is known as outrageousness.

On the other hand, Thomas Aquinas also displayed myriad views upon the concept of beings. Aquinas states that very circumstance is nature and humanity is the essence of a man and so with regard to other things. Essence exists in separate substances, and they comprise of the intelligence, souls and the first cause. Intelligence is that which has form and beings. However, due to the simplicity of the first cause, the composition of the form is linked to the soul and intelligence. Nature cannot be considered the character of the universal since unity and community are incorporated in the definitions of the universal and neither of which belongs to the human nature. Also, the essence is what one can signify through the definition of a thing. Besides, human beings tend to have the characters of species or the genius through the being it has in the individuals since the human nature is not found in individual men as a unity as though there was no essence of belonging to all of them which is required for a notion of a universal. It thus shows that the character is based on the individual intellect.

Aristotle on the other hand also had its own point of view as far as beings are concerned. He did reject the Plato and Phaedruss point of view of the independently existing forms and postulates that there is something common to things which share certain attributes. However, the essence, pattern, and structures tend to be embedded in the thing itself. Besides he reject the view point about the human nature which states that human nature can be mortal or immortal. He did recognize that the living things comprise of plants and animals which takes different structures. The non- human animal beings also takes the animal structures but with an added features such as senses. Therefore, in a nutshell, Aristotle argues that different thing have different distinct structures

Due to these differences, it can be seen that Plato and Phaedrus viewed the beings as a component of the mortal and immortal beings but rater they are governed by the soul. These souls thus can change into another form. However, in the case of Aquinas, the beings are defined by the intellects. However, their origins can be traced from the species or genus. Aristotle also have a view that every being have a distinct different structures.

Similarities

Both philosophers share a common basis of knowledge and owe a lot the Socrates. They tend to acknowledge that there is an existence of the beings that can be able to receive some power from the God or gods. Also, these powers can be used to transform the manner certain actions can be achieved in the contemporary society. Besides, the philosophers have agreed that the human beings can be in divergent forms and these forms and or shapes can change depending on the matter.

Conclusion

From the analysis, it can be evident that Phaedrus, Thomas, and Aristotle have displayed varied similarities and differences in the manner in which they view the human nature and its concepts. These tend to revolve around the structures, forms, patterns and mortality as well as immortality.