intellectual powers or faculties

  • 1Intellectual — In tel*lec tu*al, n. 1. The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties. [1913 Webster] Her husband, for I view far round, not nigh, Whose higher intellectual more I shun. Milton. [1913 Webster] I kept her intellectuals in a state of… …

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  • 2intellectual — 1. adjective /ˌɪntəˈlɛktʃuəl/ a) Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc. b) Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or… …

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  • 3intellectual — intellectually, adv. intellectualness, n. /in tl ek chooh euhl/, adj. 1. appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits. 2. of or pertaining to the intellect or its use: intellectual powers. 3. possessing or showing intellect or… …

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  • 4reason — I. n. 1. Intellect, mind, sense, understanding, rational faculty, conception, judgment, intuitional faculty, thinking principle, intellectual powers or faculties, discursive power or faculty. 2. Cause, ground, principle, motive, consideration,… …

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  • 5Kant: Critique of Judgement — Patrick Gardiner Kant’s third Critique, the Critique of Judgement, was published in 1790 and was intended as he himself put it to bring his “entire critical undertaking to a close.” So conceived, it was certainly in part designed to build upon… …

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  • 6KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… …

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  • 7Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 8pedagogy — /ped euh goh jee, goj ee/, n., pl. pedagogies. 1. the function or work of a teacher; teaching. 2. the art or science of teaching; education; instructional methods. [1575 85; < Gk paidagogía office of a child s tutor. See PEDAGOGUE, Y3] * * *&#8230; …

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  • 9Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that&#8230; …

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  • 10Enlightenment (The Scottish) — The Scottish Enlightenment M.A.Stewart INTRODUCTION The term ‘Scottish Enlightenment’ is used to characterize a hundred years of intellectual and cultural endeavour that started around the second decade of the eighteenth century. Our knowledge of …

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