We must conclude, therefore, that through the intellect the soul knows bodies by a knowledge which is immaterial, universal, and necessary.

Therefore the soul knows bodies through its essence, which it employs for the formation of such images, and from which it forms them.

(1) Whether the soul knows bodies through the intellect?

5: Sense knows bodies, whether superior or inferior, in the same way, that is, by the sensible acting on the organ.