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title: "Summa Theologica, First Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 275 of 1210
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/275/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, First Half, section 275. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/275/"
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# Summa Theologica, First Half

*Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province*

God and creation, human action, law and grace, then faith, hope, charity and justice.

## 275. I · Question 79: Of the Intellectual Powers (thirteen Articles)

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[¶0] OF THE INTELLECTUAL POWERS (THIRTEEN ARTICLES)

[¶1] The next question concerns the intellectual powers, under which head there are thirteen points of inquiry:

[¶2] (1) Whether the intellect is a power of the soul, or its essence?

[¶3] (2) If it be a power, whether it is a passive power?

[¶4] (3) If it is a passive power, whether there is an active intellect?

[¶5] (4) Whether it is something in the soul?

[¶6] (5) Whether the active intellect is one in all?

[¶7] (6) Whether memory is in the intellect?

[¶8] (7) Whether the memory be distinct from the intellect?

[¶9] (8) Whether the reason is a distinct power from the intellect?

[¶10] (9) Whether the superior and inferior reason are distinct powers?

[¶11] (10) Whether the intelligence is distinct from the intellect?

[¶12] (11) Whether the speculative and practical intellect are distinct powers?

[¶13] (12) Whether "synderesis" is a power of the intellectual part?

[¶14] (13) Whether the conscience is a power of the intellectual part?