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SCHNEIDER, Jakob Hans Josef. Theories of the Intellect in the Latin Middle Ages De anima III, cap. 5 of Aristotle and his Medieval Tradition. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2020, vol.34, n.72, pp.1445-1522.  Epub 03-Fev-2022. ISSN 1982-596X.  https://doi.org/10.14393/revedfil.v34n72a2020-53142.

In the chapter 5 of the III. Book of De anima (430a10-19) Aristotle distinguishes between the νοῦς ποιητικός (nous poietikós) called by the Latins intellectus agens (agent intellect) and the νοῦς παθητικός (nous pathetikós) called by the Latins intellectus passivus, or intellectus possibilis (possible intellect), most common technical and philosophical terms. The chapter 5 is of great importance not only to ancient philosophy and to the commentators of Aristotle’s works such as the commentaries of Theophrastus, Alexander of Aphrodisias, of Simplicius, and Themistius among others, but also to the philosophy of the Arabic World and the Latin Europe. One knows well that Aristotle does not have written a proper treatise on intellect; although there are several observations about the intellect in his works. Separate treatises begin with Al-Kindi, Al-Farabi, Avicenna, and especially Averroes, which Latin treatises as of Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, Siger of Brabant among others reflect in a critical as well as an affirmative sense. This article can be read as preliminary and preparatory observations to a bilingual (Latin-Portuguese) translation project of treatises corresponding to ‘Theories of Intellect in the Middle Ages’ which is ongoing at the International Center for Medieval Studies at UFU.

Palavras-chave : Unity of the Intellect; Imagination; Intentionality; Intellectual Light; and Cognition.

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