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Passive intellect

The passive intellect (Latin: intellectus possibilis; also translated as potential intellect or material intellect), is a term used in philosophy alongside the notion of the active intellect in order to give an account of the operation of the intellect (nous), in accordance with the theory of hylomorphism, as most famously put forward by Aristotle.

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Aristotle's conception

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related to Hegel · 15
Passive intellect → Al-Farabi, Averroes, Hegel, Mind/Spirit, Moses Narboni, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Part Three, Philosophical Sciences, Philosophy, Recalling, Spirit, The Encyclopaedia, While, William Wallace
related to Interpretations · 10
Passive intellect → Alexander, Aphrodisias, Averroes, Avicenna, Christian, Christian West, For, Greek, Themistius, While Greek
related to In Islamic philosophy · 9
Passive intellect → Aql, Farabi, For Farabi, Hayulani, In, Islamic, Passive, Quwwah, The
related to Aristotle's conception · 8
Passive intellect → Aristotle, Book III, By, De Anima, In Aristotle's, On, Soul, The
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Passive intellect → universal soul

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