Mikołaj KrasnodębskiCorresponding author

Teoria intelektu możnościowego i jej konsekwencje w kontekście polemiki Tomasza z Akwinu z awerroizmem łacińskim

[The Theory of Passive Intellect in Thomas Aquinas’ Polemic against Latin Averroism]

Article
9 - 2004, pages 139-156
Date of online publication: 29 août 2016
Date of publication: 30 novembre 2004

Abstract

The term „Latin Averroism" was introduced by P. Mandonnet to define a heretical version of Aristotle's teaching inspired by Averroes' (Ibn Rushd) philosophy. Latin Averroism separated philosophy from theology, negated free will, and stated that there was an eternal world and one intellect for all mankind. Those statements were taken from Averroes' commentaries on De anima by Aristotle (hence this discussion about Aristotle and his work). It was agreed that it was enough for any statement to bear rational truth and not necesserly Church dogma. That opinion was criticized by theologians. The Latin Averroism was introduced in 13th century at the university in Paris in the faculty of
artes liberales — Siger from Brabant, Boethius from Sweden (Boethius from Dacia) and others - as well as at Oxford University and Hohenstaufen School. The development of Latin Averroism was slowed by criticism of this doctrine in 1270 and 1277. However, it did not stop it.

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Krasnodębski, Mikołaj. "Teoria intelektu możnościowego i jej konsekwencje w kontekście polemiki Tomasza z Akwinu z awerroizmem łacińskim." Forum Philosophicum 9 (2004): 139–56. doi:10.35765/forphil.2004.0901.9.