[MD] Descartes in a MOQ light.

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Ham]
As I understand the MoQ's interpretation of Intellect, it is not a 
human attribute but some abstract level of Quality that is 
apprehended by humans at an appropriate stage of their development.

[Arlo]
Not in any way. According to (my understanding of) the MOQ, the 
"intellectual level" emerges from social activity. It was not sitting 
there waiting to be apprehended, but an evolutionary/emergent level 
of static patterns, which derive from- but are greater than- social 
collective activity. Of course these levels, once emerged, enact 
coercion on the levels from which they derive. Biological patterns 
influence the behavior of their inorganic components. Social patterns 
influence the behavior of their biological construents. And 
intellectual patterns influence the behavior of their social-level 
foundations. In this way, as any biological human is socialized, s/he 
appropriates the customs and ideas of her/his culture, which exacts 
great influence on the customs and ideas of this emerging "individual".

I'd say part of your misunderstanding is in the presentation that all 
this is "isolated man and Eternal Essence". In this, of course, it 
would be ridiculous to suppose that Intellect is floating around 
waiting for isolated-man to apprehend it. Understanding and 
recognizing the role of human collective and social activity 
overcomes this dilemma. But that's an old can of worms, no point in rehashing.