Humans possess intellectual knowledge and it is manifest that they have minds. However, it is not denied that man has a mind but the nature of the mind has been disputed. Consciousness and thoughts are products of the human brain the brain itself being a “product of nature.” Man possesses an immortal or spiritual power of cognition known as the intellect. All living beings are characterized by an intrinsic unity.
The intellect knows nothing, it is the man who knows, just as it is the man who walks and talks. This great capacity to utilize the symbolic power of words and images is the difference between man and animals. Since the human intellect is transcending the conditions of matter, communicates in a suprasentient way, it must itself be a spiritual power.
The human intellect is a spiritual power of cognition. The intellect is superior to the senses because symbolic language necessitates the suprasentient element of intelligibility. The intellect can know universally unlike the senses which report only individuals. The intellect can also know suprasensible realities: it can know something about god, the angels, and the soul. It can grasp such suprasensible notions as justice, honesty, truth, and the essence of things. The intellect can also know itself. Intellect is a spiritual power because thought is abstract, reflective, and can be universal. The intellect is a sense power. Ultimately, the relationship of the brain to the mind is to be considered that thinking itself is supramaterial. There is a twofold nature of man, his lower and his higher, his creatureliness and his god-likeness.
The intellect knows nothing, it is the man who knows, just as it is the man who walks and talks. This great capacity to utilize the symbolic power of words and images is the difference between man and animals. Since the human intellect is transcending the conditions of matter, communicates in a suprasentient way, it must itself be a spiritual power.
The human intellect is a spiritual power of cognition. The intellect is superior to the senses because symbolic language necessitates the suprasentient element of intelligibility. The intellect can know universally unlike the senses which report only individuals. The intellect can also know suprasensible realities: it can know something about god, the angels, and the soul. It can grasp such suprasensible notions as justice, honesty, truth, and the essence of things. The intellect can also know itself. Intellect is a spiritual power because thought is abstract, reflective, and can be universal. The intellect is a sense power. Ultimately, the relationship of the brain to the mind is to be considered that thinking itself is supramaterial. There is a twofold nature of man, his lower and his higher, his creatureliness and his god-likeness.
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