Νοῦς

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divine intellect hypostasis metaphysical entity

Νοῦς is the Neoplatonic principle of divine intellect or mind, representing the realm of perfect, eternal Forms in Plotinus’s metaphysical system.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
the Intellect (Nous)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	divine intellect ⓘ hypostasis ⓘ metaphysical entity ⓘ
centralInWorkOf	Plotinus NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWith	αἰσθητὸς κόσμος ⓘ αἴσθησις ⓘ
discussedIn	Enneads NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Τὸ Ἕν ⓘ
hasAspect	thinking activity ⓘ thinking subject ⓘ thought object ⓘ
hasContent	Platonic Forms NERFINISHED ⓘ intelligible beings ⓘ
hasFunction	contains the Forms ⓘ contemplates the One ⓘ mediates between the One and Soul ⓘ paradigm of being ⓘ source of intelligible order ⓘ
hasGreekName	Νοῦς ⓘ
hasModeOfBeing	pure actuality ⓘ
hasModeOfKnowing	immediate intellectual intuition ⓘ
hasProperty	beyond discursive reasoning ⓘ divine ⓘ eternal ⓘ immutable ⓘ intelligible ⓘ ontologically prior to Soul ⓘ perfect ⓘ self-reflexive thought ⓘ self-thinking intellect ⓘ
hasRealm	realm of Forms ⓘ
hasRole	second hypostasis in Plotinian metaphysics ⓘ
hasStructure	unity-in-multiplicity ⓘ
influenced	Christian Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ later Neoplatonism ⓘ medieval metaphysics ⓘ
isDerivedFrom	Τὸ Ἕν ⓘ
isIdentifiedWith	Intellect ⓘ Intelligible World ⓘ divine Mind ⓘ
isSourceOf	Ψυχή ⓘ
partOf	Plotinus’s metaphysical system ⓘ
precedes	Ψυχή ⓘ
relatedTo	Platonic theory of Forms ⓘ
translatedAs	Intellect ⓘ Mind ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Intellect → hasGreekName → Νοῦς ⓘ

subject surface form: Intellect (Plotinus)

Amelius Gentilianus → wroteAbout → Νοῦς ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Intellect (Nous)