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Active Intellect In Aristotle,
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....ven apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all others the sense of sight”. This is the foundation of human knowledge Aristotle presents us with in Book Alpha of the Metaphysics. The next question which we must naturally ask ourselves is, How? How is it that we can have any knowledge at a.... Part 2 of Paper
....llect receives the image from the sense data and it is stamped upon the passive intellect from the material impression. From this stamp the active intellect is to draw out of it and somehow make a universal concept from this particular experience. But there is something more at work here. There is something in the mind ( more specifically in the soul) that
somehow comprehends and makes universals intelligible. Various theories have been postulated concerning this but we shall concentrate on Ari.... |
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