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In his Treatise on the union of the intellecting subject and object,
Mulla Sadra Rizvi, Sajjad 2009
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The soul begins as receptive potentially, then acquires the habit of learning and intellecting until this is perfected; then it is an acquired intellect properly trained.
Mulla Sadra Rizvi, Sajjad 2009
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Critical to presential knowledge is the Porphyrian doctrine of the unity of the intellect, the intellecting subject and its intelligible object.
Mulla Sadra Rizvi, Sajjad 2009
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Our philosopher strongly criticises Avicenna for holding the concept of the simple intellect (which for Avicenna is simple cognition that is non-discursive and without recourse to forms) whilst denying the union of the intellecting subject and its object.
Mulla Sadra Rizvi, Sajjad 2009
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