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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| 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)
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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
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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
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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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