MENTES INDIVIDUALES E INTELECTO AGENTE UNIVERSAL EN LOS ESCRITOS LEIBNIZIANOS DE 1675-1676

Some passages written by Leibniz in 1675/1676 seem to suggest that the philosopher from Leipzig held an Averroistic conception, according to which there is a unique universal agent intellect common to all individual minds. At the same time, this interpretation is complementary with the idea (held by some commentators) that Leibniz, inspired by Spinoza, would have argued that there is a unique substance of which the individual minds are modes. In this paper we argue that Leibniz did not maintain a universal, common to all minds intellect, even though he admitted the existence of a primary intelligence. In showing this, we will also argue that the philosopher from Leipzig held that there is a plurality of ‘beings’ like minds.