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Autori: BENEDICT (VALENTIN) VESA.
DOI: 10.24193/subbto.2020.1.03
Published Online: 2020-06-30
Published Print: 2020-06-30
pp. 39-48
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This paper explores the relations between body, soul and passion, from the perspective of two Syriac writers, John the Solitary and Isaac of Nineveh. According to them, the body and the soul are not in opposition, since man contemplates the beauty of the outer and inner world through them. For this reason, we have three elements as parts of the human nature: the body, the soul and the spirit (the innermost part of the soul) and a threefold spiritual life: according to the body, to the soul and to the spirit. As regards the body-soul-passion connection, both authors believe that passion can be good, bad or neutral and belongs to both body and soul. Ultimately, bad passions, as temptations, can be necessary for man''s spiritual progress because God has put everything in the structure of man for its benefits. So, salvation refers to the totality of human, body and soul, and passions can be transformed into wings to facilitate our spiritual ascent.
Keywords: passion, body, soul, ascetic life, inner man, external man, anthropology, Syriac tradition
