Rational Aspects of Action in Albertus Magnus' Summa de Creaturis
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https://doi.org/10.34096/petm.v46.n2.15722Keywords:
Practical Intellect, Practical Reason, Synderesis, Natural Law, ConsciousnessAbstract
In the Summa de creaturis (written approximately in 1242), Albert the Great presents different explanations of the rational aspects of human actions. These explanations seem to overlap at certain points, leading to theoretical equivalences or apparent contradictions among them. In this work, we analyze the division between ratio cum portione inferiori et superiori, the concept of the practical intellect, Albert’s explanation of a passage from John of Damascus concerning the “psychological process of action”, and the treatment of synderesis, natural law, and conscience.
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