The paper deals with reformatting Aristotelian .science of the soul. in the beginning of the 17th century. The major change was the transformation of the concept of .life. which has been reconsidered to include not only the created nature but also the divine one. Aligning with the theological requirements, the scholastic philosophers of the early modern period postulated two different modes of life: physical and intentional, which allowed uniting all forms of life, from plants to God, within one univocal and disjunctive concept.