What give immortality?

[adrian1]

We have immaterial soul, we cannot see the process of the soul. Animals also have a immaterial soul, we cannot see the process of animal soul? Why our soul rezist after death of body, and animals soul don’t rezist, if both souls are immaterial…

 

[thistle]

We have immaterial soul, we cannot see the process of the soul. Animals also have a immaterial soul, we cannot see the process of animal soul? Why our soul rezist after death of body, and animals soul don’t rezist, if both souls are immaterial…

God made it so.
Only humans have an immortal soul. The souls of animals are not immortal and cease to exist when they die.

 

[Vico]

We have immaterial soul, we cannot see the process of the soul. Animals also have a immaterial soul, we cannot see the process of animal soul? Why our soul rezist after death of body, and animals soul don’t rezist, if both souls are immaterial…

Per St. Thomas Aquinas, there is the vegetative soul with the functions of nutrition and reproduction. Plants have only this soul. There is the sensitive soul which higher animals use to perceive and respond to their environment – and some are able to move. Then there is the rational soul which humans are able to use for abstract thoughts and language.

The vegetative soul of the plant is called material because it is dependent upon matter for its becoming and being. The most important function of vegetative life is reproduction.

The sensitive soul of the animal has knowledge and appetite as the two functions unique to animals and the sensitive soul comes into existence in dependence upon matter.

The rational soul of the human has Knowledge (Intellect) and Appetite (Will) capable of abstract thought, but is immortal.

 

[BlackFriar]

It is purely Christian/Judaic belief in the afterlife that redefined the ancient Greek (Aristotle) science of “soul” used to explain earthly life.

This was done by Aquinas around 1250. Aristotle seems to have thought human life/soul ended with death just like with animals. Aquinas argued his minimal writings in this area were ambiguous and argued for immortality of the human soul unlike animals.

Who knows?

But the fact is that “soul” talk is not religious/faith talk. It was always regarded by the ancients as science (or more correctly “natural philosophy”, ascertained by reason not faith).