  While it is true that the will is the superior faculty, in order to act it always needs the intervention of reason. This is justified on the basis of the human cognitive process itself: in man, as in other animals, the first form of knowledge is received through the senses. Nevertheless, sensible appetites alone cannot activate the will, which only moves toward the universaliter and simpliciter Good, and not toward a particular good, such as that perceived by the senses. So the intervention of the intellect, which is able to abstract the universal from sensible particulars and thereby permits the motion of the will, is always needed. In this way, the intellect precedes the will. So, in order to avoid the inconvenience of having the motion of the will depend on sensible appetites (determinism of the passions), Henry always recognizes the importance of the role of reason.