“ Intelligence arises from memory, as act from habit ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
|---|---|
| Source | Summa Theologica |
| Topic | intelligence memory |
| Date | 1274 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17611/pg17611-images.html |
Context
“by intelligence, the act of the intellect; and by will, the act of the will.
Reply Obj. 2: Past and present may differentiate the sensitive powers, but not the intellectual powers, for the reason give above.
Reply Obj. 3: Intelligence arises from memory, as act from habit; and in this way it is equal to it, but not as a power to a power. _______________________
EIGHTH ARTICLE [I, Q. 79, Art. 8]
Whether the Reason Is Distinct from the Intellect?
Objection 1: It would seem that the reason is a distinct power from the intellect.”
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