Intellect
E191625
Intellect, in Plotinus’s philosophy, is the divine, eternal realm of perfect Forms and the second hypostasis that contemplates and emanates all intelligible reality.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Intellect (Nous) | 4 |
| Active Intellect | 1 |
| Intellect canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1700475 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Intellect Context triple: [Plotinus, coreConcept, Intellect]
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Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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Wise
Wise is a surname shared by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, politics, and academia.
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C.
Think
Think is IBM’s iconic corporate slogan encapsulating its emphasis on innovation, problem-solving, and forward-looking technology.
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Think
"Think" is a 1968 soul anthem by Aretha Franklin, celebrated for its powerful vocals and feminist, freedom-focused message.
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Wits
Wits is a major South African public research university based in Johannesburg, renowned for its strong academic programs and historical role in social and political activism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Intellect Target entity description: Intellect, in Plotinus’s philosophy, is the divine, eternal realm of perfect Forms and the second hypostasis that contemplates and emanates all intelligible reality.
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A.
Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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B.
Wise
Wise is a surname shared by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, politics, and academia.
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C.
Think
Think is IBM’s iconic corporate slogan encapsulating its emphasis on innovation, problem-solving, and forward-looking technology.
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D.
Think
"Think" is a 1968 soul anthem by Aretha Franklin, celebrated for its powerful vocals and feminist, freedom-focused message.
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E.
Wits
Wits is a major South African public research university based in Johannesburg, renowned for its strong academic programs and historical role in social and political activism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
divine intellect
ⓘ
hypostasis in Neoplatonism ⓘ realm of Forms ⓘ |
| articulatedBy | Plotinus ⓘ |
| contains |
the Good (Form of the Good)
ⓘ
surface form:
Forms (Platonic Forms)
Intelligible Forms ⓘ paradigmatic causes of beings ⓘ |
| contemplates |
all intelligible reality
ⓘ
itself ⓘ the One (Plotinus) ⓘ |
| describedIn | Enneads ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
discursive reasoning
ⓘ
sensible world ⓘ |
| emanates |
Soul (Plotinus)
ⓘ
intelligible cosmos ⓘ |
| emanatesFrom | the One (Plotinus) ⓘ |
| follows | the One (Plotinus) ⓘ |
| goalOf | philosophical contemplation in Plotinus’s system ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
thinker
ⓘ
thinking ⓘ thought ⓘ |
| hasGreekName | Νοῦς ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
divine
ⓘ
eternal ⓘ immutable ⓘ perfect ⓘ purely intelligible ⓘ self-sufficient ⓘ |
| hasRole |
principle of life in the intelligible realm
ⓘ
principle of order in reality ⓘ |
| identifiedWith |
Divine Mind
ⓘ
Nous ⓘ |
| is |
living intelligible organism
ⓘ
unity-in-multiplicity ⓘ |
| isKnownBy | contemplative ascent of the soul ⓘ |
| isSourceOf |
being
ⓘ
intelligibility ⓘ true knowledge ⓘ |
| modeOfExistence |
non-sensory
ⓘ
timeless ⓘ |
| partOf | Plotinus’s metaphysical system ⓘ |
| positionInHierarchy | second hypostasis ⓘ |
| precedes | Soul (Plotinus) ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Platonic theory of Forms ⓘ |
| servesAs | model for the cosmos ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Intellect Description of subject: Intellect, in Plotinus’s philosophy, is the divine, eternal realm of perfect Forms and the second hypostasis that contemplates and emanates all intelligible reality.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Intellect (Nous)
this entity surface form:
Intellect (Nous)
this entity surface form:
Intellect (Nous)
this entity surface form:
Intellect (Nous)
this entity surface form:
Active Intellect