adaequatio rei et intellectus
(adaequatio rei et intellectus)
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"the intellect (of the knower) must be adequate to the thing (known)"; |
| Long Description: |
"the intellect (of the knower) must be adequate to the thing (known)"; a medieval epistemological maxim. |
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"Suhrawardī, like such Western metaphysicians as St. Augustine and St. Thomas, emphasizes the principle of adequation or adaequatio (adaequatio rei et intellectus) according to which to each plane of reality there corresponds an instrument of knowledge adequate to the task of knowing that particular level of reality." —Seyyed Hossein Nasr, in "Intellect and Intuition: Their Relationship
from the Islamic Perspective," Studies in Comparative Religion, Vol. 13, No. 1 & 2. (Winter-Spring, 1979) |
| Source(s): |
The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, edited by Dr. Rama P. Coomaraswamy |
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