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A work by this philosopher contrasts the infinite Dei spiritus and the finite mens humana, but ironically calls the human mind “a species of the genus of spirits.” Before Kant, this philosopher wrote that “real learning is cognition of the thing-in-itself.” In a work whose Latin title contains one Greek word, this philosopher critiqued Georg Coschwitz and other (-5[1])vitalists by arguing that the soul is an active substance, but sensation is passive. This author of an empiricist (-5[1])Treatise on the Art of Philosophizing (*) Soberly and Accurately (10[1])applied the Stoic concept of “apatheia” to the philosophy of mind. This philosopher, who wrote his thesis on The Rights of Moors in Europe before teaching at the universities of Halle (10[1])and Jena, (10[1])was the first African man to attend (10[1])a Christian (10[3])European university. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Enlightenment philosopher from Ghana. ■END■ (10[1]0[6])

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