The intellect, considered as purely immaterial, has no physical organ to sustain it, unlike the other faculties of the soul.
In his production Henry dedicates no less than 20 quodlibetal questions to an analysis of will and intellect, considered both in general and with particular reference to the human sphere (Macken 1975 and 1977).
While it is true that under the stimulus or illumination of the agent intellect the possible intellect can consider the intelligible form of the phantasms of the mind which are derived from the senses, it can also operate under the sole influence of the agent intellect.
For since God's intellect is considered by Spinoza as the only possible subject, intentional acts and contents are then necessarily two of his numerous modes or attributes.
The potential intellect is considered unable to respond to these imaginative constructs on its own, it needs an agent to activate it, to move it from potentiality to actuality.
While Brownlee admired his intellect, he considered that he was out of touch with voters' views, likening him to federal Conservative leader Arthur Meighen.
He is beginning to realise the full class of his intellect, and is considering studying English at university.
Considering his intellect, he does well to avoid being patronising, though perhaps in his treatment of jazz he assumes the reader shares his blow-by-blow obsessions.
He speaks of intellect's "attending to and considering the real character of a common or specific nature" (376 379), as if he has an unproblematic account of intellect's relationship to the external world.
