ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that Aristotelians take into account time in relation to thought; that they begin from the theory of the mind as tabula rasa; and that they accept that self-enquiry is not immediate but indirect, and is related to a pre-existing form of discourse. The theory of mind drawn from Aristotle De anima but mediated through Hellenistic and Arab commentators is the basis of the faculty psychology debated in the Renaissance. Psychology is a highly regarded science: because of the dignity of its subject matter and the certainty of its demonstrations, it exceeds all others, according to one locus in Aquinas, although this view is attenuated in the Renaissance. Renaissance Aristotelians, by espousing hylomorphism, configure the mind so that there is an interface between sensibles and intelligibles, and a communication within and between minds.
