Sentence examples for intellect is capable of from inspiring English sources
Under certain conditions concerning its powers the human intellect is capable of transformation.
Zabarella believes that, by the force of induction, human intellect is capable of distinguishing the universal, which is hidden in particulars.
Scotus argues that the human intellect is capable of achieving certainty in its knowledge of the truth simply by the exercise of its own natural powers, with no special divine help.
He adopts the traditional idea that the intellect is capable of turning reflexively toward itself, but he also attributes certain types of reflexivity to the sensory powers of the soul and argues that the will is a reflexive power.
"They [the followers of Alexander] maintain that the material intellect is capable of immortality and subsistence when it reaches that level of perfection where the objects of knowledge that it apprehends are themselves intellects, in particular the Agent Intellect…[material intellect] is immortal when it is united with the Agent Intellect" (Wars, I.8, p. 170).
In partial agreement with Thomas Wilton, who had been his socius in Paris, he maintained that our intellect is capable of knowing singulars qua singulars (sub propria ratione singularis) primarily and directly (primo et directe), and not simply as items belonging to a certain species or type.
Thus, reason should endeavor to elevate itself to the level of the Intellect, which is distinguished by a much higher degree of unity than the mere ordinary use of reason is capable of.
