According to the muslim faith of Ibn Bâyya (Avempace) and to the aristotelism and neoplatonism of his philosophy, this Andalusian author in all his works asks for the first grounds of all reality and being. And Ibn Bâyya finds these grounds in the Agent Intellect (who, probably, is the philosophical version of God) and in the human reason and conscience. Thus, the ideal of the philosophe and of the wise is the union of both together: the reason/conscience and Agent Intellect (...) (i.e. God) by means of an intellectualis mystic or “amor Dei intellectualis”. (shrink)

The purpose of this work is the interpretation of the most important aspect of Ibn Bayya (Avempace)'s philosophy, reading his Kitab al-nafs, the first commentary of the aristotelian work in Occident, De anima. This study of the houl is, for Avempace, the principal science because without his analysis of the one´s soul it is imposible know the rest of sciences and the world. This author, in all his works finds the ideal of the philosopher and of the wise man, above (...) all, in the progressive dematerialization, of his total life. This objective is obtained through the transcending of the three kinds of forms, namely: materials formas first spiritual level and finally, the second spiritual level. The culmination of this itinerary is to reach the second spiritual level, to be exact, the union with the Agent Intellect by means of an intellectualist mysticism or «amor Dei intellectualis». The basic materials of this philosophy are contained in this aristoteleian commentaary about the soul. KEY WORDS – The human end. Human faculties. Human forms. Human dematerialization. Itellectual mysticism. (shrink)

El objetivo de este trabajo es la interpretación de del más importante aspecto de la filosofía de Ibn Bayya a base de la lectura de su Kitab al nafs, primer comentario del De anima de Aristóteles en Occidente. Este estudio sobre el alma es, para Avempace, constituye la principal ciencia porque sin el análisis de la propia alma es imposible conocer el resto de las ciencias y del mundo. Este autor, en todas sus obras encentra el ideal del filósofo y (...) del hombre sabio, sobre todo, en la progresiva desmaterialización de toda su vida. Este objetivo se obtiene mediante el transcendeer de tres formas de vida, concretamente, las formas materiales, el primer nivel espiritual y, por fin, el segundo nivel espiritual. La culminación de este itinerario es alcanzar el segundo nivel espiritual, concretamente, la unión con el Intelecto Agente mediante un misticismo espiritual o «amor Dei intellectualis». Los materiales básicos de esta filosofía están conteniddos en este comentario al aristotélico al De anima. PALAVRAS-CHAVE – El fin del hombre. Las facultades humanas. Las formas humanas. Iq desmaterialización humana. Misticismo inelectual. (shrink)

The purpose of this article is to expose tn short the influence of some Hispanic Jewish thought in Spinozab ethics, especially Zn Gabirol and his booh The Improvement of the Moral Qualities, Fons Vitae and Selection of Pearls: and in ibn Paquda and his book The Duties of the Heart, bes..