LessonsKnowledge, Conception, Assent and Their DivisionsQuiz

حصول صورة الشيء في العقل
The coming-to-be of a thing's form in the intellect.

Suppose you had not understood what a tree is, but then came to recognize it. Considered as an acquisition, a meaning has become present to your mind.

A form here is not necessarily a visual picture. It can be an intelligible meaning or recognition. For example, justice can be understood without a single pictorial representation.

This formulation emphasizes the acquisition of a mental form, not a physical object entering the mind.

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First sense: acquiring a mental form

Knowledge, Conception, Assent and Their Divisions

حصول صورة الشيء في العقل
The coming-to-be of a thing's form in the intellect.

Suppose you had not understood what a tree is, but then came to recognize it. Considered as an acquisition, a meaning has become present to your mind.

A form here is not necessarily a visual picture. It can be an intelligible meaning or recognition. For example, justice can be understood without a single pictorial representation.

This formulation emphasizes the acquisition of a mental form, not a physical object entering the mind.