nous

IPA(Pronunciation)

/naʊs/

uncountable

Japanese Meaning

知性、理性（感情を含む場合もある） / 新プラトン主義における神的理性、第一の神的放出 / 常識、実用的な知能

She trusted her nous more than any formal analysis when deciding to forgive him.

彼女は彼を許すと決めるとき、どんな形式的な分析よりも自分の心を信じた。

Sense（1）

(philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional

I feel the will to roam, to learn

By test, experience, nous,

That fire is hot and ocean deep,

And wolves carnivorous.

Sense（2）

In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.

Sense（3）

Common sense; practical intelligence.

There is nothing original in absent-mindedness. True originally lies elsewhere. Really, the lower classes have no nous.

Sense（4）