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:Al-Kindï, in sum, offered two theories of the source of actual human thought. According

<blockquote>Al-Kindï, in sum, offered two theories of the source of actual human thought. According

to one, the human intellect is led to actual thought by the transcendental first intellect, by

to one, the human intellect is led to actual thought by the transcendental first intellect, by

which he probably intended the Neo-Platonic Cosmic Intellect. According to the other,

which he probably intended the Neo-Platonic Cosmic Intellect. According to the other,

reason’. There, however, he probably meant that the heavens generate the human rational

reason’. There, however, he probably meant that the heavens generate the human rational

soul with its potential for thought, not that the heavens lead the human rational soul to

soul with its potential for thought, not that the heavens lead the human rational soul to

actual thought.

actual thought.</blockquote>

 

===Alfäräbï===

===Alfäräbï===

The next important stage in Islamic philosophical-theological investigation of the

The next important stage in Islamic philosophical-theological investigation of the