Nous

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ancient Greek philosophical concept metaphysical principle philosophical concept

Nous is the ancient Greek philosophical concept of intellect or divine mind, often understood as the rational, ordering principle of the cosmos.

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Label Occurrences
Nous canonical 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek philosophical concept ⓘ
metaphysical principle ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ
centralIn Aristotelianism ⓘ
surface form: Aristotelian philosophy

Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
characterizedBy capacity for direct intellectual insight ⓘ
capacity for grasping forms ⓘ
non-discursive thinking ⓘ
contrastedWith imagination ⓘ
opinion ⓘ
sensation ⓘ
describedAs divine mind ⓘ
rational ordering principle of the cosmos ⓘ
hasAspect cosmic ordering principle ⓘ
human intellectual faculty ⓘ
hasEtymologicalRoot Proto-Indo-European root *gno- (to know) ⓘ
hasMeaning intellect ⓘ
intuitive intellect ⓘ
mind ⓘ
reason ⓘ
understanding ⓘ
hasNameInGreek νοῦς ⓘ
hasRole faculty of intellectual apprehension ⓘ
principle that orders the cosmos ⓘ
source of rationality ⓘ
hasTransliteration nous ⓘ
influenced Christian theology ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
early modern philosophy of mind ⓘ
medieval scholasticism ⓘ
introducedAsCosmicPrincipleBy Anaxagoras ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
partOf Greek metaphysical vocabulary ⓘ
relatedTo intellect ⓘ
logos ⓘ
psyche ⓘ
reason ⓘ
soul ⓘ
studiedBy Anaxagoras ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Plotinus ⓘ
later Neoplatonists ⓘ
usedIn ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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On Nature → mainTopic → Nous ⓘ
Intellect → identifiedWith → Nous ⓘ
subject surface form: Intellect (Plotinus)
Corpus Hermeticum → keyConcept → Nous ⓘ