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The Powers Of The Soul | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

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The Immateriality of the Sensory Powers

Knowing is an essentially immaterial activity, nonetheless extrinsically, it depends upon the sensory powers. So one needs to use sensory images in order to know. Once there's recovery of the physiological activities of the sensory powers, and imagery becomes available again, then the intellect can commence again with its own activity which intrinsically is immaterial.

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