Este trabalho tem como objetivo proceder ao exame da análise realizada por Averróis a respeito da natureza do intelecto material. Nosso autor procura demonstrar a certa incompletude presente nas teses lançadas a esse respeito, principalmente por Themístio e Alexandre de Afrodísia, e solucionar as antinomias que envolvem a afirmação de que o intelecto material é uma substância separada e única para toda a humanidade. As principais questões decorrentes dessa afirmação envolvem principalmente o processo de formação dos inteligíveis; a possibilidade do conhecimento individual; a relação que é estabelecida entre o homem e o intelecto; e, sobretudo, a natureza do intelecto material. Fruto de grande controvérsia, a tese da unidade do intelecto material possui grande importância no pensamento de Averróis, pois o estabelecimento dessa natureza representa a solução de diversas questões no âmbito da metafísica. Os reflexos dessa questão chegam até mesmo ao âmbito moral de sua filosofia, onde é estabelecido que o movimento natural do homem se dê por meio da relação com essa substância separada e tem seu fim exatamente aí, onde o terreno da absoluta felicidade só é alcançado nessa relação entre homem e intelecto. / The objectiveof this work is to proceed the examination of the analysis carried through Averroes regarding the nature of the material intellect. The author aims to demonstrate certain incompleteness presented in some thesis about it, mainly those of Themístius and Alexander of Aphrodisias, and to solve the antinomies wich involves the affirmation of that the material intellect as a separate and a single substance for all humankind. This affirmation rises many questions, mainly the formation process of the intelligible; the possibility of the individual knowledge; the relation established between man and intellect; and, over all, the nature of the material intellect. Originated among great controversy, the thesis for the unit of the material intellect has great importance in the thought of Averroes, therefore the establishment of this nature represents the solution of many questions in the scope of metaphysics. The consequences of this question arrive even though at the moral ground of its philosophy, where it is established that the natural movement of the man happens trought the relation with this separate substance and has its end precisely there, where the land of the absolute happiness is reached only by this relation between man and intellect.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo proceder ao exame da análise realizada por Averróis a respeito da natureza do intelecto material. Nosso autor procura demonstrar a certa incompletude presente nas teses lançadas a esse respeito, principalmente por Themístio e Alexandre de Afrodísia, e solucionar as antinomias que envolvem a afirmação de que o intelecto material é uma substância separada e única para toda a humanidade. As principais questões decorrentes dessa afirmação envolvem principalmente o processo de formação dos inteligíveis; a possibilidade do conhecimento individual; a relação que é estabelecida entre o homem e o intelecto; e, sobretudo, a natureza do intelecto material. Fruto de grande controvérsia, a tese da unidade do intelecto material possui grande importância no pensamento de Averróis, pois o estabelecimento dessa natureza representa a solução de diversas questões no âmbito da metafísica. Os reflexos dessa questão chegam até mesmo ao âmbito moral de sua filosofia, onde é estabelecido que o movimento natural do homem se dê por meio da relação com essa substância separada e tem seu fim exatamente aí, onde o terreno da absoluta felicidade só é alcançado nessa relação entre homem e intelecto. / The objectiveof this work is to proceed the examination of the analysis carried through Averroes regarding the nature of the material intellect. The author aims to demonstrate certain incompleteness presented in some thesis about it, mainly those of Themístius and Alexander of Aphrodisias, and to solve the antinomies wich involves the affirmation of that the material intellect as a separate and a single substance for all humankind. This affirmation rises many questions, mainly the formation process of the intelligible; the possibility of the individual knowledge; the relation established between man and intellect; and, over all, the nature of the material intellect. Originated among great controversy, the thesis for the unit of the material intellect has great importance in the thought of Averroes, therefore the establishment of this nature represents the solution of many questions in the scope of metaphysics. The consequences of this question arrive even though at the moral ground of its philosophy, where it is established that the natural movement of the man happens trought the relation with this separate substance and has its end precisely there, where the land of the absolute happiness is reached only by this relation between man and intellect.

Heterodox master of liberal arts and theirs discussions with Thomas Aquinas Mgr. Miroslav Severa Summary: The proposed thesis deals with two important issues discussed by Tomas Aquinas in connection with the averroistic controversy that occurred in the second half of the thirteenth century in Paris. The topics are On the eternity of the world and On the unity of intellect. Its author defends the position that concerning the problem On the eternity of the Word is the solution proposed by Thomas Aquinas closer to the position of heterodox masters of liberal arts then to the attitude of some orthodox theologians. The heterodox teaching On the unity of intellect is by Thomas sufficiently disproven. The doctrine of Thomas Aquinas doesn't need to always constitute an irreconcilable antithesis against the attitude of heterodox masters as it is described by some authors. The thesis also deals the two topics on the historical background of the condemnations issued by the Parisian bishop Stephan Tempier in the years 1270 and 1277. Although the heterodox masters of liberal arts are in their philosophizing strongly influenced by the Arab philosopher Averroes theirs position concerning the relationship between fides and ratio is different. Averroes says that when the conflict between reason and revelation occurs than...