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On the Unity of the Intellect against the Averroists : (De Unitate Intellectus Contra Averroistas) Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation. 19
author
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Thomas.; Zedler, Beatrice H.
publisher
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Marquette University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0874622190
print isbn13
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9780874622195
ebook isbn13
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9780585197913
language
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English
subject
Averros,--1126-1198, Intellect.
publication date
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1968
lcc
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B749.Z7T53eb
ddc
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128/.2
subject
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Averros,--1126-1198, Intellect.
Page i
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
On the Unity of the Intellect Against the Averroists
(De Unitate Intellectus Contra Averroistas)
Page ii
MEDIAEVAL PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS IN TRANSLATION
NO. 19
EDITORIAL BOARD James H. Robb, L.S.M., Ph.D., Chairman The Rev. Gerard Smith, S.J., Ph.D. The Rev. Michael V. Murray, S.J., Ph.D. The Rev. Richard E. Arnold, S.J., Ph.D. Paul M. Byrne, L.S.M., Ph.D. The Rev. John Sheets, S.J., S.T.D.
Marquette University Press Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
On the Unity of the Intellect Against the Averroists
(De Unitate Intellectus Contra Averroistas)
Translated from the Latin with an Introduction by Beatrice H. Zedler
Marquette University Press Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1968
Page iv
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 68-28029
Copyright, 1968, The Marquette University Press Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Printed in the United States of America
Page v
To the memory of Mary Carol through whose love of truth error was opposed and ignorance remedied
Page vii
Table of Contents
Preface
ix
Introduction
1
A. Background of the Problem of the De Unitate Intellectus
1
B. The Authenticity, Date, and Title of St. Thomas' Treatise
5
C. The Chronological Relation of St. Thomas' Treatise to Some Works of Siger of Brabant
7
D. The Content and Structure of St. Thomas' Treatise
11
E. The Present Translation
18
F. Selected Bibliography
18
On the Unity of the Intellect Against the Averroists
by St. Thomas Aquinas
21
Foreword
21
Chapter I
23
Chapter II
43
Chapter III
48
Chapter IV
59
Chapter V
65
Books Used in Notes to the Translation
77
Index to the Treatise
81
Page ix
Preface
During St. Thomas' second sojourn at Paris (1268-1272), masters and scholars were discussing Averroes' views on the intellect. Even less erudite men were aware of the doctrine that there is only one intellect for the whole human race. William of Tocco, an early biographer of Thomas Aquinas, tells of a certain soldier at Paris who was unwilling to atone for his sins because, as he put it: "If the soul of the blessed Peter is saved, I shall also be saved; for if we know by one intellect, we shall share the same destiny."
Against this error that there is one intellect for all men, Thomas Aquinas wrote, continues William of Tocco, "a wonderful work
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