tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176769156825838190.post7809182545670671721..comments2022-04-11T01:28:17.873-07:00Comments on A Blog of Beasts!: Albert and the AnimalsAnimals in the Middle Ageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10809281152134119502noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176769156825838190.post-32801649655308799872015-04-13T08:21:27.499-07:002015-04-13T08:21:27.499-07:00I think you are definitely onto something here, in...I think you are definitely onto something here, in the distinctions that Albert draws between the sensory powers and the power to speculate, but I would have liked to hear more about what Albert says about the relationship between soul and body, form and matter, to help substantiate the distinction. How, exactly, is it that being made in the image and likeness of God (i.e. with the kind of soul that human beings have) means that our sensory and intellectual faculties are different from those of the other animals? Albert is struggling to find a philosophical, not just a theological justification for the differences, and he does so through the Aristotelean idea of the soul's informing power. RLFBAnimals in the Middle Ageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809281152134119502noreply@blogger.com