Union with the Active Intellect
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Union with the Active Intellect is a medieval philosophical-mystical concept, especially in Jewish and Islamic thought, describing the perfected human intellect’s ultimate conjunction with a transcendent, universal intellect as the highest form of knowledge and spiritual attainment.
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| Union with the Active Intellect canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union with the Active Intellect Context triple: [Or ha-Sekhel, associatedConcept, Union with the Active Intellect]
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A.
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
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B.
Rules for the Direction of the Mind
Rules for the Direction of the Mind is an unfinished philosophical and methodological treatise by René Descartes that outlines his early ideas on scientific method and rational inquiry.
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C.
The Wound of Knowledge
The Wound of Knowledge is a theological work by Rowan Williams that explores Christian spirituality and the experience of God through a close reading of early and medieval Christian writers.
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D.
The Life of the Mind
The Life of the Mind is a posthumously published philosophical work by Hannah Arendt that explores the nature of thinking, willing, and judging as fundamental activities of human consciousness.
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E.
The Phenomenon of Man
The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union with the Active Intellect Target entity description: Union with the Active Intellect is a medieval philosophical-mystical concept, especially in Jewish and Islamic thought, describing the perfected human intellect’s ultimate conjunction with a transcendent, universal intellect as the highest form of knowledge and spiritual attainment.
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A.
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
-
B.
Rules for the Direction of the Mind
Rules for the Direction of the Mind is an unfinished philosophical and methodological treatise by René Descartes that outlines his early ideas on scientific method and rational inquiry.
-
C.
The Wound of Knowledge
The Wound of Knowledge is a theological work by Rowan Williams that explores Christian spirituality and the experience of God through a close reading of early and medieval Christian writers.
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D.
The Life of the Mind
The Life of the Mind is a posthumously published philosophical work by Hannah Arendt that explores the nature of thinking, willing, and judging as fundamental activities of human consciousness.
-
E.
The Phenomenon of Man
The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval philosophical doctrine
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mystical concept ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
highest form of knowledge
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highest form of spiritual attainment ⓘ |
| associatedWithThinker |
Averroes (Ibn Rushd)
NERFINISHED
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Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gersonides (Levi ben Gershom) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hasdai Crescas NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibn Bājja (Avempace) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibn Ṭufayl NERFINISHED ⓘ Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon) NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Fārābī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralInTradition |
Aristotelian-Neoplatonic traditions
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medieval Islamic philosophy ⓘ medieval Jewish philosophy ⓘ |
| describes | the perfected human intellect’s ultimate conjunction with a universal intellect ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf |
Arabic Aristotelianism
NERFINISHED
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medieval Islamic kalām and falsafa debates ⓘ medieval Jewish rationalist theology ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
conjunction with the Active Intellect
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devequt ha-sekhel ha-poʿel ⓘ ittisāl bi-l-ʿaql al-faʿʿāl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Active Intellect
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acquired intellect ⓘ human rational soul ⓘ |
| hasDebateOn |
compatibility with religious law
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relation between union and prophecy ⓘ whether union annihilates individual intellect ⓘ whether union is personal or impersonal ⓘ whether union is temporary or permanent ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelian commentators
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Aristotle’s De Anima NERFINISHED ⓘ Neoplatonic texts attributed to Aristotle ⓘ |
| involves |
acquisition of intelligible forms
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conjunction of human intellect with a transcendent intellect ⓘ contemplation of metaphysical truths ⓘ intellectual perfection ⓘ moral and spiritual purification ⓘ transition from potential intellect to actual intellect ⓘ |
| isBasedOn |
Aristotelian psychology
NERFINISHED
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Neoplatonic emanationism ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Sufi maʿrifa
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beatific vision ⓘ devequt ⓘ intellectual mysticism ⓘ mystical union ⓘ prophetic inspiration ⓘ theory of the intellect ⓘ |
| requires |
ascetic or contemplative practices
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ethical discipline ⓘ philosophical training ⓘ |
| teleology |
to align human intellect with cosmic order
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to attain immortality of the intellect ⓘ to participate in divine knowledge ⓘ |
| viewedAs |
culmination of rational contemplation
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goal of philosophical life ⓘ source of certain knowledge ⓘ source of prophetic knowledge ⓘ ultimate human perfection ⓘ |
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Subject: Union with the Active Intellect Description of subject: Union with the Active Intellect is a medieval philosophical-mystical concept, especially in Jewish and Islamic thought, describing the perfected human intellect’s ultimate conjunction with a transcendent, universal intellect as the highest form of knowledge and spiritual attainment.
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