Zurueck zu den Schriften des Thomas

Polemic treatise

De unitate intellectus contra Averroistas

Aquinas defends the individuality of the human intellect against Latin Averroist readings of Aristotle.

Datierung

1270

Warum es wichtig ist

It protects personal intellectual agency, responsibility, and the unity of the human person.

Wie man es liest

  1. 1Keep the disputed interpretation of Aristotle in view.
  2. 2Ask what would follow if all humans shared one separate intellect.
  3. 3Connect the argument to personal knowing and moral responsibility.