“ Whether Intelligence Is a Power Distinct from Intellect? ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
|---|---|
| Source | Summa Theologica |
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| Date | 1274 |
| Language | English |
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| Note | Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17611/pg17611-images.html |
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“is an act of the intellect, applying certain principles to examine propositions. From this is taken the word "mens" [mind] . Lastly, to "understand" is to adhere to the formed judgment with approval. _______________________
TENTH ARTICLE [I, Q. 79, Art. 10]
Whether Intelligence Is a Power Distinct from Intellect?
Objection 1: It would seem that the intelligence is another power than the intellect. For we read in De Spiritu et Anima that "when we wish to rise from lower to higher things, first the sense comes to our aid, then imagination, then reason, then intellect, and afterwards intelligence."”
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