Dialectic of Intellect and Will in the Knowledge that the Soul has of Itself
The paper discusses St. Thomas Aquinas’ thought on the relationship between intellect and will in the act of speculatively knowing the spiritual nature of the human soul. It is claimed that the influence of Christian sources, particularly St. Augustine, allows Aquinas to conceive reflective knowledg...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2002
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/petm/article/view/7870 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=patris&d=7870_oai |
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| Sumario: | The paper discusses St. Thomas Aquinas’ thought on the relationship between intellect and will in the act of speculatively knowing the spiritual nature of the human soul. It is claimed that the influence of Christian sources, particularly St. Augustine, allows Aquinas to conceive reflective knowledge originally. In it the will would not only influence the exercise of the intellect, but also its specification. Thus, the will’s adherence to certain objects would condition judgement about the nature of the ultimate operational principle of reflection. Knowledge of the self as spiritual subject would formally resolve itself into free willing. |
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