The Dominican Tradition and the Primacy of the Intellect

Father Gregor: I want to get another distinction here between Franciscans and Dominicans. And a big, we're going to use a big word here, you could say, the difference between intellectualism and volunteerism. So for him, he accords a kind of primacy to the intellect because the intellect is what informs the decision of the will. But in every act it's not like it's first conceived and then pursued together but conceiving has primacy over pursuing.