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Nous

Nous (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}UK: /naʊs/, US: /nuːs/), from Ancient Greek: νοῦς, is a concept from classical philosophy, sometimes equated to intellect or intelligence, for the…

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Pre-Socratic usage

Socratic philosophy

Gnosticism

Plotinus and Neoplatonism

Medieval nous in religion

Early modern philosophy

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Nous

Nodes266
Edges265
Triples264
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007519
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Nous

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related to Plato's theory of nous · 46
Nous → Ashbaugh, Bloomsbury Publishing, Cambridge University Press, Christopher, Classical Quarterly, Cosmological Account, Critical Guide, Epistemology, Ethics, Explanation, Flow, Flux, Forms, Francis, God, Hackforth, In Bobonich, ISBN, Jorgenson, Laws
related to Valentinus · 31
Nous → Aeon, Aeons, After, Aletheia, All, Beginning, Christ, Decad, Dodecad, Ennoia, Father, For, Forefather Depths, From, He, Holy Spirit, Horos, In Valentinianism, Like, Ogdoad
related to Basilides · 23
Nous → Alexandria, Archon, Basilides, Basilidians, But, Christ, Clement, Cyrene, Dikaiosyne, Dunamis, Eirene, Father, Him, Irenaeus, It, Jesus, Logos, Ogdoad, Passion, Phronesis
related to Post-Aristotelian classical theories · 19
Nous → Africa, Anaxagoras, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, As, But, Epicureanism, Epicureans, Europe, Heraclitus, However, Middle East, Plato, Stoics, The, The Epicureans, The Stoics, To, Until
related to Simon Magus · 19
Nous → Aeons, Apophasis Megalē, Bythos, Earth, Epinoia, Fire, Heaven, Herodotus, Hippolytus, In, Iran, Persians, Plato, Pythagoras, Simon, The, To Nous, Unbegotten Fire, Valentinus
related to Plato · 17
Nous → Anaxagoras, Athena's, Athenians, Atheonóa, But, Cratylus, Good, Greek, In, On, Perhaps, Phaedo, Philebus, Plato, Plato's, Platonic, Socrates
related to Christianity · 13
Nous → Christians, Corinthians, Discusses, English, Ephesians, God, God's, God’s, Revelation, Romans, The Christian New Testament, Thessalonians, Uses
related to Pre-Socratic usage · 12
Nous → Among, For, Greek, He, Heraclitus, Homer, In, Instead, It, Parmenides, Socratic, The
related to Aristotle · 10
Nous → All, Aristotelians, Aristotle, Book VI Aristotle, But, In, Like Plato, Nicomachean Ethics, Sense, This
related to Xenophon · 10
Nous → Are, For, God, Later, Memorabilia, Philebus, Plato, Socrates, This, Xenophon

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intellect soul human also mind aristotle sense god philosophy plato understanding perception active philosophers reason things one like aristotle's way

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Nousis abasic understanding or awareness that allows human beings to think rationally0.90text
Nousis aimportant part of his explanation0.90text
Nousis afirst male Aeon0.90text
Parmenidesinstance ofThe term was apparently already singled out by earlier philosophers0.80text
whose works are largely lostinstance ofThe term was apparently already singled out by earlier philosophers0.80text
emotioninstance ofit became increasingly distinguished as a source of knowledge and reasoning opposed to mere sense perception or thinking influenced by the body0.80text
the neopythagorean Numenius of Apameainstance ofpossibly inspired partly by earlier authors0.80text
Al-Kindiinstance ofWhile there were earlier Muslim philosophers0.80text
chronologically the three most influential concerning the intellect were Al-Farabiinstance ofWhile there were earlier Muslim philosophers0.80text
Avicennainstance ofWhile there were earlier Muslim philosophers0.80text
and finally Averroesinstance ofWhile there were earlier Muslim philosophers0.80text
a westerner who lived in Spaininstance ofWhile there were earlier Muslim philosophers0.80text

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