TY - ECHAP A1 - Casteigt, Julie TI - Condamnés à une connaissance d’oiseau de nuit ? - Albert le Grand et l’intellect humain conjoint aux sens et à l’imagination T3 - Medieval civilization, n° 14 in Rencontres M1 - 121 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-3685-7.p.0037 SN - 978-2-8124-3685-7 SP - 37 EP - 54 AB - In his Super Iohannem, Albert the Great begins with a noetic problem: since the human intellect is linked to the senses and the imagination, how can it understand the unique principle which depends on what is intelligible? Albert the Great uses a renowned comparison: in the same way as the eye of a nocturnal bird cannot look straight at the sun, the human intellect cannot understand the principle straightaway. This study analyses the multiple meanings of this comparison. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/11/12 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris LA - fre UR - https://shop.staging.classiques-garnier.net/penser-les-cinq-sens-au-moyen-age-poetique-esthetique-ethique-condamnes-a-une-connaissance-d-oiseau-de-nuit-en.html Y2 - 2025/12/08 ER -