Intellectus possibilis y multitudo: las fuentes filosóficas del averroísmo político en Monarchia de Dante Alighieri

The paper suggests a reading about Dante’s acceptance of the Averroist thesis about the unity of intellect in his political work Monarchia. I consider the philosophical sources of discussion of this thesis in the second half of the thirteenth century, among which I specially focus on its refutation...

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Main Author: Nuria Sánchez Madrid
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Published: Instituto de Estudos Medievais 2014-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/1409
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description The paper suggests a reading about Dante’s acceptance of the Averroist thesis about the unity of intellect in his political work Monarchia. I consider the philosophical sources of discussion of this thesis in the second half of the thirteenth century, among which I specially focus on its refutation by Thomas Aquinas and on its nuanced admission by Siger of Brabant. I argue that the distinction between the universality and unity of the possible intellect and the plurality of received forms by the imagination of each individual, a position suggested by Siger of Brabant, is the clue of the use that Dante makes of monopsychism in Monarchia, an appraisal that gives birth to a new model of human community signally immanent and secular.
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Intellectus possibilis y multitudo: las fuentes filosóficas del averroísmo político en Monarchia de Dante Alighieri
Medievalista
Dante
Thomas of Aquinas
Siger of Brabant
Monarchia
Unity of Intellect
Community
title Intellectus possibilis y multitudo: las fuentes filosóficas del averroísmo político en Monarchia de Dante Alighieri
title_full Intellectus possibilis y multitudo: las fuentes filosóficas del averroísmo político en Monarchia de Dante Alighieri
title_fullStr Intellectus possibilis y multitudo: las fuentes filosóficas del averroísmo político en Monarchia de Dante Alighieri
title_full_unstemmed Intellectus possibilis y multitudo: las fuentes filosóficas del averroísmo político en Monarchia de Dante Alighieri
title_short Intellectus possibilis y multitudo: las fuentes filosóficas del averroísmo político en Monarchia de Dante Alighieri
title_sort intellectus possibilis y multitudo las fuentes filosoficas del averroismo politico en monarchia de dante alighieri
topic Dante
Thomas of Aquinas
Siger of Brabant
Monarchia
Unity of Intellect
Community
url https://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/1409
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