Abstract

Thought and soul, Aristotle thought two important issues, which cause the soul of the thirteenth century dispute, controversy focused on the human intellect. Aristotle is thinking of rational functions in terms of intellect, but his interpreter instead on the rational nature. So after centuries of interpretation, this can create all of the active intellect , and to become all the passive intellect , in the hands of his interpreter, a material intellect , and the God of the active intellect . Aristotle's most famous interpreter of Asian flavor Luo that a passive sense common to all humankind, the thirteenth century, who worship him who Siljan strongly support this argument, which is Christ religious beliefs conflict, which caused a fierce debate. This paper describes the thirteenth century is the soul of the dispute, is sensible interpretation of the change in angle caused the face of Thomas Aquinas also described some of the narrative made ​​this argument. Two of the major themes in Aristotle's philosophy are thought and the soul. The latter becomes in the thirteenth century a much debated problem. The heart of the controversy concerns the agent intellect. When analyzing the rational soul and its function in the process of thinking, Aristotle described the two functions of the intellect as: the intellect that makes all things and the intellect that becomes all things. However, subsequent commentators are more interested in the nature of the intellect than its function. This shift in the point of view leads to the heated debate in the thirteenth century. For according to the Commentator , the agent intellect is divine and the possible intellect is one for all mankind. Siger of Brabant, a faithful follower of Averroes , adheres strongly to this position. It was at this critical moment when Thomas Aquinas was summoned to present his view on the problem. This paper tries to trace the development of the debate back to Aristotle and shows that the reason for the debate is the turn in the point of vies concerning the agent intellect