The Lexicon · Genealogy · Medieval
AVERROES (Ibn Rushd)
1126–1198
The Unity of the Intellect (The Authorlessness of the Collective Mind)
Averroes held there is one intellect in which all humans participate; individual minds are points on a shared screen. CoCA's Absolute Guide to Authorlessness (§3.4.2) reaches the same conclusion by a different route. The work is not authored by the artist; it is authored by the intellect. The artist is the local terminal. The Provisional Collective is the screen.