Soul - And - Body Poem by Dr. Antony Theodore

The human soul
is a spiritual substance
that is by its nature
ordered to be joined
to a body (ST I: 55: 2) .

As such, the powers
of our souls have
a degree of dependence
on the body, including
our intellectual powers.

So our intellects
achieve their perfection
"from bodies, and through
bodies"—otherwise,
there would be
no reason for our
souls to be united
to our bodies
(ST = Summa Theologia
of Thomas Aquinas I: 55: 2) .