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of intellect is connected to both. However, thought and reflection originate in the brain, while the will originates in the heart.
“Intellect” may refer to knowledge or to action. Knowledge and voluntary action are rooted in the will, and the will originates in the heart. A person cannot will something without first conceiving what is willed, so the heart must form a conception of it. Both therefore proceed from the heart. This begins in the brain, and its effects ascend to the brain: it is both the starting point and the endpoint. Each of the two views has a valid aspect.
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مِنْ الْعَقْلِ بِهِ يَتَعَلَّقُ بِهَذَا وَهَذَا لَكِنَّ مَبْدَأَ الْفِكْرِ وَالنَّظَرِ فِي الدِّمَاغِ وَمَبْدَأَ الْإِرَادَةِ فِي الْقَلْبِ. وَالْعَقْلُ يُرَادُ بِهِ الْعِلْمُ وَيُرَادُ بِهِ الْعَمَلُ فَالْعِلْمُ وَالْعَمَلُ الِاخْتِيَارِيُّ أَصْلُهُ الْإِرَادَةُ وَأَصْلُ الْإِرَادَةِ فِي الْقَلْبِ وَالْمُرِيدُ لَا يَكُونُ مُرِيدًا إلَّا بَعْدَ تَصَوُّرِ الْمُرَادِ فَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْقَلْبُ مُتَصَوِّرًا فَيَكُونُ مِنْهُ هَذَا وَهَذَا وَيَبْتَدِئُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ الدِّمَاغِ وَآثَارُهُ صَاعِدَةٌ إلَى الدِّمَاغِ فَمِنْهُ الْمُبْتَدَأُ وَإِلَيْهِ الِانْتِهَاءُ وَكِلَا الْقَوْلَيْنِ لَهُ وَجْهٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَهَذَا مِقْدَارُ مَا وَسِعَتْهُ هَذِهِ الْأَوْرَاقُ وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ.