The Origins of Intelligence

Veritable intelligence is indeed essence connected with all things. As to essence considered alone, it constitutes a genus, and is an element of intelligence. Intelligence as a composite is posterior to the categories. We ranked essence or being above all species that are parts thereof. Essence is not yet intelligence. Last, justice, temperance, and in general all the virtues are so many actualizations of intelligence. They could not therefore rank amidst the primary genera. They are posterior to a genus and constitute species.