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Feb 11, 2016 · According to al-Fārābī, in its species the active intellect is an actual intellect quite similar to the acquired intellect. The active intellect is what turns the material intellect into an actual intellect and what turns the potential intelligibles into actual intelligibles.
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The active intellect is simultaneously the cause of existence of the individuals inhabiting the sublunary sphere (in Avicenna’s words, it is the “giver of the forms”) and the active principle, introduced into psychology by Aristotle’s De anima, which actualizes the human intellect.
In medieval philosophy, the active intellect ( Latin: intellectus agens; also translated as agent intellect, active intelligence, active reason, or productive intellect) is the formal ( morphe) aspect of the intellect ( nous ), according to the Aristotelian theory of hylomorphism.
Jul 25, 2019 · Al-Fārābī’s (872-950 AD) views on the different phases of the intellect are to be found in The Treatise on the Intellect (Risālah fi’l-‘aql). He borrows the idea from Alexander (however, he wrongly attributes it to Aristotle) that the human intellect’s evolution progresses in three phases: material, actual, and acquired.
A specific feature of the Farabian tradition of studying the intellect is that he offered a deeper connection of the mind with ontology and the natural causes of the emergence of intellect. Thus, al-Farabi puts a special emphasis on the cosmological nature of human intellect.
Apr 9, 2019 · Al-Farabi imagined the state as a cooperative effort of free and willing citizens seeking a common purpose—ultimate happiness through contact with the active intellect. In essence the state for Al-Farabi, whatever the collective goal—prosperity or perfection, was an instrument to solve collective action problems.
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