Sunday, May 10, 2009

NOUS

Origin:
1670–80; Gk. noûs, contracted var. of nóos mind

n.
  1. Philosophy
    1. Reason and knowledge as opposed to sense perception.
    2. The rational part of the individual human soul.
    3. The principle of the cosmic mind or soul responsible for the rational order of the cosmos.
    4. In Neo-Platonism, the image of the absolute good, containing the cosmos of intelligible beings.

  2. Chiefly British Good sense; shrewdness."She has great social nous"

[Greek.]

Spanish: nos,
German: uns selbst,
Japanese: 私たち自身を