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Ideas for 'On Liberty', 'Summa Theologicae' and 'Contemporary Political Philosophy (2nd edn)'

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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties

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Sensations are transmitted to 'internal senses' in the brain, chiefly to 'phantasia' and 'imagination' [Aquinas, by Kretzmann/Stump]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 2. Imagination

9098	Mental activity combines what we sense with imagination of what is not present [Aquinas]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

9092	Abstracting A from B generates truth, as long as the connection is not denied [Aquinas]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

9093	We understand the general nature of things by ignoring individual peculiarities [Aquinas]

9097	The mind abstracts generalities from images, but also uses images for understanding [Aquinas]

9095	Very general ideas (being, oneness, potentiality) can be abstracted from thought matter in general [Aquinas]

9099	Particular instances come first, and (pace Plato) generalisations are abstracted from them [Aquinas]

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Species are abstracted from appearances by ignoring individual conditions [Aquinas]