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Gilson on Dietrich of Vrieberg and the Agent Intellect
4 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen August 3rd, 2006 in Dietrich of Vrieberg, Etienne Gilson, Late Medieval StudiesRegarding Vrieberg’s view of the agent intellect and the idea that abstraction as generally understood is insufficient to explain intellectual knowledge because things, sensible impressions, particular images, etc. remain in the realm of the sensible order (and we need to “cross over” to the intelligible order) Gilson writes, “[t]he agent intellect can only work that [...]


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