Alfarabi, avicenna, and averroes, on intellect : their cosmologies, theories of the active i ntellect, & of human intellect.
Medieval Islamic, Jewish and Christian philosophers of the 16th century considered the distinction between the potential and the active intellect as a key to deciphering the nature of man and the universe. This study examines the manner in which three specific philosophers dealt with the issue.
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New York :
Oxford Univ Press,
1992.
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