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What is man? Lessons in philosophical and theological anthropology. Digitized in 2009 from the analog original, recorded in 2000. 2nd lesson: The unity of man Enrique Moros. Professor of Metaphysics and Natural Theology. Ecclesiastical Faculty of Philosophy. University of Navarra. Contents: The spiritual soul is substantially united to the body Experiences that show that the spiritual soul is substantially united to the body The human body has peculiar characteristics; hands and soul Human behavior is singular The human soul is immaterial We can think and want immaterial things Our freedom is based on the human soul The identity of the human being The union between body and soul is proper to each one of us The union between body and soul is strengthened by free action We are the protagonists of our own history. Human identity is mainly biographical The biography of each person is constructed by the chosen destiny Ethics plays a decisive role in human life The death of the human being Death gives meaning to every moment of our life Death is not the end of man, but of the present situation The immortality of the soul does not solve the human problem of death Philosophy must open itself to faith: resurrection and grace Bibliography Alejandro Llano. Interactions of biology and anthropology, I and II. In: AA. VV. Biological Deontology. Faculty of Sciences, University of Navarra 1987, pp. 153-210. Leonardo Polo. Who is man. A spirit in time. Rialp, Madrid 1991. Mariano Artigas. Man in the light of science. Palabra, Madrid 1992. Tomás Melendo. The dimensions of the person. Palabra, Madrid 1999.