Abstract
This paper is concerned with the central thesis of Aquinas's argument against the Averroist account of the intellect, which he often expresses by the claim, intellectus est forma corporis , “the intellect is the form of the body”. This claim is fundamental to Aquinas's philosophical psychology since it closely relates not only to his interpretation of Aristotle's position, but also to his attacks against the Averroist account of the intellect. However, this claim is quite subtle, and so there has been a debate between two contemporary scholars, Wéber and Bazán concerning the questions of what Aquinas means by the claim and what are his grounds for it. I will offer an interpretation that differs from theirs by arguing that both of them fail to explain Aquinas's genuine intention.
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