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Definition of 'nous'

English

Noun

  • (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional
  • * 1900 , Gilbert Keith Chesterton,
  • I feel the will to roam, to learn
    By test, experience, nous ,
    That fire is hot and ocean deep,
    And wolves carnivorous.
  • In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
  • Common sense; practical intelligence.
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