Nous synonyms

no͝os, nous

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mind
(Philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
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head
A rounded compact mass, as of leaves or buds:
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brain
By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
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psyche
The human soul, mind, or spirit.
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archeus
(Historical) The vital principle or force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for the growth and continuation of all living beings.
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tous (related)
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Etre (related)
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avons (related)
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vous (related)
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sont (related)
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d-une (related)
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une (related)
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Nous Sentence Examples

  • Thought cannot attain to this, for thought reaches only to the nous, and is itself a kind of motion.

  • The nous is indivisible; the soul may preserve its unity and remain in the nous, but at the same time it has the power of uniting with the corporeal world and thus being disintegrated.

  • From this contact came Ialdabaoth the Demiurgos, who in turn produced six powers and with them created the seven heavens and from the dregs of matter the Nous of serpent form, from whom are spirit and soul, evil and death.

  • That is the office of the purifying virtues, by which the soul is freed from sensuality and led back to itself, and thence to the nous.

  • Beginning with the contemplation of corporeal things in their multiplicity and harmony, it then retires upon itself and withdraws into the depths of its own being, rising thence to the nous, the world of ideas.

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