Whether the Son of God ought to have assumed human nature abstracted from all individuals?

❌ Objection 1 : It would seem that the Son of God ought to have assumed human nature abstracted from all individuals. For the assumption of human nature took place for the common salvation of all men; hence it is said of Christ (1 Tim. 4:10) that He is "the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful." But nature as it is in individuals withdraws from its universality. Therefore the Son of God ought to have assumed human nature as it is abstracted from all individuals.

❌ Objection 2 : Further, what is noblest in all things ought to be attributed to God. But in every genus what is of itself is best. Therefore the Son of God ought to have assumed self-existing [per se] man, which, according to Platonists, is human nature abstracted from its individuals. Therefore the Son of God ought to have assumed this.

❌ Objection 3 : Further, human nature was not assumed by the Son of God in the concrete as is signified by the word "man," as was said above (Article [3]). Now in this way it signifies human nature as it is in individuals, as is plain from what has been said (Article [3]). Therefore the Son of God assumed human nature as it is separated from individuals.