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Definition of Intellect

Intellect
Intellect In"tel*lect, n. [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent.] (Metaph.) The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.

Meaning of Intellect from wikipedia

- In the study of the human mind, intellect is the ability of the human mind to reach correct conclusions about what is true and what is false in reality;...
- problems. Intellect may also refer to: Intellect (trade ****ociation), now TechUK Intellect Games, a 1970s board game manufacturing company "Intellect", a song...
- The p****ive intellect (Latin: intellectus possibilis; also translated as potential intellect or material intellect), is a term used in philosophy alongside...
- The tenth intellect (Aashir Mudabbir or Aql al-Aashir), also known as Spiritual Adam (Adam al-Ruhani), is a primordial being present primarily in the...
- The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect is a 1994 novella by Roger Williams, a programmer living in New Orleans. It deals with the ramifications of a powerful...
- Nous, or Gr**** νοῦς (UK: /naʊs/, US: /nuːs/), sometimes equated to intellect or intelligence, is a concept from classical philosophy for the faculty of...
- General intellect, according to Karl Marx in his Grundrisse, became a crucial force of production. It is a combination of technological expertise and...
- the active intellect (Latin: intellectus agens; also translated as agent intellect, active intelligence, active reason, or productive intellect) is the formal...
- The March of Intellect, or the 'March of mind', was the subject of heated debate in early nineteenth-century England, one side welcoming the progress...
- Intellect Books is an independent academic book publisher based in Bristol, UK. The press was founded in 1984 by Masoud Yazdani, a former professor of...