it would be strange indeed if a system that carried out the idea of human ultimacy and autonomy consistently could be refuted by a system that also starts in large measure from human autonomy. The fact of the matter is that the “passive intellect” of Aristotle is but a correlative to his “active intellect.” In Aristotelianism God is pure active intellect. He is pure act. Man’s mentality shares in the nature of the divine activity. It is only on the basis of this sharing in the divine activity that