How to read it
- 1Keep the disputed interpretation of Aristotle in view.
- 2Ask what would follow if all humans shared one separate intellect.
- 3Connect the argument to personal knowing and moral responsibility.
Polemic treatise
De unitate intellectus contra Averroistas
Aquinas defends the individuality of the human intellect against Latin Averroist readings of Aristotle.
Date
1270
Why it matters
It protects personal intellectual agency, responsibility, and the unity of the human person.