Aristotle's commentators have gone to great lengths to explain the question of reasoning and to determine what active ntellect is; Some have called it the actuality of the human soul, others know it as abstract being, and still others the God. IbnSina believes that the active intellect is the last intellect in the chain of intellects, which in addition to its ontological role, also has an epistemological effect and renders rational forms on the soul. He cites reasons for the soul's need for an active intellect, each of which seems to be subject to scrutiny and critique, but the most important of which, based on the Aristotelian idea potentiality and action, is requirement to an external factor in the transition from potency to action. In his view, this external factor is an abstract and comprehensive substance of intellectual forms. According to him, although active intellect is the last intellect in the chain of intellects, but due to the casual relationship between them, the act of this intellect can be attributed to the whole chain of intellects and even God.
Homayon,H. (2022). Assessing the role of active intellect in reasoning and examining its arguments in the view of Ibn Sina. History of Islamic Philosophy, 1(1), 118-137.
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Homayon,H. . "Assessing the role of active intellect in reasoning and examining its arguments in the view of Ibn Sina", History of Islamic Philosophy, 1, 1, 2022, 118-137.
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Homayon H. (2022). 'Assessing the role of active intellect in reasoning and examining its arguments in the view of Ibn Sina', History of Islamic Philosophy, 1(1), pp. 118-137.
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Homayon H. Assessing the role of active intellect in reasoning and examining its arguments in the view of Ibn Sina. Hist. Islamic Philos., 2022; 1(1): 118-137.
