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Ratio As The Active Reason
- Ratio is the active, discursive faculty that classifies, induces, and deduces from objects.
- The hosts describe it as the “wetware machinery” that breaks things into parts to understand them.
Intellectus As Receptive Understanding
- Intellectus is a receptive, contemplative faculty where the thing impresses itself upon the thinker.
- Medieval thought held intellectus as higher because understanding was received, not solely earned.
Angels As Pure Intellect
- The hosts use angels as an example of pure intellect in medieval cosmology.
- Angels perceive face-to-face and never tire because they receive truth rather than deduce it.