Al-ʿaql al-mujarrad

العقل المجرّدal-ʿaql al-mujarrad

Preferred translation
immaterial intellect
Technical sense
a substance that is neither a body nor impressed in a body

General Technical Meaning

An immaterial intellect is an unchanging, noble substance that is neither a body nor impressed in a body.

Read in context

This supporting entry is included for reference. It is not linked from a passage in the current editions.

Canonical address: /glossary/al-aql-al-mujarrad/