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الصورة الحاصلة من الشيء عند العقل
The form of a thing that has become present to the intellect.

The first formulation highlights the coming-to-be of the form; the second highlights the form now present.

After learning what a circle means, you possess a concept of a circle. Its acquisition is considered under the first sense, while the concept acquired is considered under the second.

The formulations are closely connected, but the process of acquisition and its result are different aspects of analysis.

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Second sense: the resulting mental form

Knowledge, Conception, Assent and Their Divisions

الصورة الحاصلة من الشيء عند العقل
The form of a thing that has become present to the intellect.

The first formulation highlights the coming-to-be of the form; the second highlights the form now present.

After learning what a circle means, you possess a concept of a circle. Its acquisition is considered under the first sense, while the concept acquired is considered under the second.

The formulations are closely connected, but the process of acquisition and its result are different aspects of analysis.