Ten Arguments in Search of a Philosopher: Averroes and Aquinas in Ficino's Platonic Theology
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In book 15 of his Platonic Theology on the Immortality of the Soul, Marsilio Ficino names Averroes and the Averroists as his opponents, though he does not say which particular Averroists he has in mind. The key position that Ficino attributes to Averroes—that the Intellect is not the substantial form of the body—is not one that Averroes holds explicitly, though he does claim explicitly that the Intellect is not a body or a power in a body. Ficino's account of what Averroes said about the soul's immortality comes not from texts written by Averroes but from arguments made against Averroes by Thomas Aquinas in the Summa contra gentiles.
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Ten Arguments in Search of a Philosopher: Averroes and Aquinas in Ficino's Platonic Theology
In: VivariumSearch for other papers by Brian Copenhaver in
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Abstract
In book 15 of his Platonic Theology on the Immortality of the Soul, Marsilio Ficino names Averroes and the Averroists as his opponents, though he does not say which particular Averroists he has in mind. The key position that Ficino attributes to Averroes—that the Intellect is not the substantial form of the body—is not one that Averroes holds explicitly, though he does claim explicitly that the Intellect is not a body or a power in a body. Ficino's account of what Averroes said about the soul's immortality comes not from texts written by Averroes but from arguments made against Averroes by Thomas Aquinas in the Summa contra gentiles.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 415 | 70 | 3 |
| Full Text Views | 146 | 7 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 105 | 15 | 2 |
