Dist. 19, Divisio Textus
Book II: On the Creation of Things · Distinction 19
# COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM XIX.
## De hominis immortalitate.
Solent quaeri plura de primo hominis statu etc.
Divisio textus.
Supra egit Magister de hominis productione; in hac parte agit de hominis duratione et conservatione. Et quoniam homo dupliciter habet in esse conservari, scilicet in se et in suo simili, in se per vitam et diuturnitatem, in simili vero per filiorum procreationem1; ideo pars ista habet duas. In prima determinat de hominis immortalitate. In secunda determinat de filiorum procreatione, infra distinctione vigesima: Post haec videndum est, qualiter etc.
Prima pars habet duas. In prima determinat veritatem. In secunda dissolvit dubitationes, ibi: Solet hic quaeri, cum primus homo etc.
Prima pars habet duas. In prima parte veritatem narrat. In secunda veritatem explanat, ibi: In primo statu fuit corpus hominis animale etc.
Similiter secunda pars habet duas. In prima movet determinandam quaestionem circa hominis immortalitatem. In secunda vero movet aliam dubitationem, quae habet ortum ex illa, et illam determinat secundum opiniones diversas, ibi: Sed adhuc quaeritur, si non esset praeceptum etc.
Tractatio quaestionum.
Ad intelligentiam huius partis, in qua agitur de hominis immortalitate secundum statum innocentiae, circa tria consistit dubitatio. Et primo quaeritur de immortalitate hominis, quantum est ex parte animae. Secundo vero, quantum est ex parte corporis. Tertio vero, ex parte coniuncti.
Circa primum quaeruntur duo. Primo quaeritur, utrum anima rationalis per naturam sit immortalis. Secundo quaeritur, utrum omnis anima, quantum est de prima constitutione naturae, fuerit incorruptibilis.
Articulus I. De hominis immortalitate ex parte animae.
Quaestio I. Utrum anima humana per naturam sit immortalis.
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# Commentary on Distinction XIX.
## On the immortality of man.
Many things are wont to be asked concerning the first state of man, etc.
Division of the text.
Above, the Master treated of the production of man; in this part he treats of the duration and conservation of man. And since man has being conserved in two ways, namely in himself and in his like — in himself by life and by length of days, but in his like by the procreation of children1 — therefore this part has two [sub-parts]. In the first he determines concerning the immortality of man. In the second he determines concerning the procreation of children, below at distinction twenty: After these things it must be seen, how etc.
The first part has two [sub-parts]. In the first he determines the truth. In the second he dissolves doubts, there: It is here asked, since the first man, etc.
The first part [in turn] has two. In the first part he narrates the truth. In the second he explains the truth, there: In the first state the body of man was animal, etc.
Likewise the second part has two. In the first he raises the question to be determined concerning the immortality of man. In the second he raises another doubt, which has its origin from that one, and he determines it according to diverse opinions, there: But still it is asked, whether, if the precept had not been given, etc.
Treatment of the questions.
For the understanding of this part, in which it is treated of the immortality of man according to the state of innocence, doubt arises about three points. And first it is asked concerning the immortality of man, as regards the soul. Second, as regards the body. Third, as regards the conjoint [composite of soul and body].
Concerning the first, two questions are asked. First, it is asked whether the rational soul by nature is immortal. Second, it is asked whether every soul, so far as belongs to the first constitution of nature, was incorruptible.
Article I. On the immortality of man as regards the soul.
Question I. Whether the human soul by nature is immortal.
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- Non pauci codd. cum ed. 1 creationem.Not a few codices, together with the first edition, read creationem [creation, in place of procreationem — procreation]. ---