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  1. noun Philosophy Reason and knowledge as opposed to sense perception.
  2. noun Philosophy The rational part of the individual human soul.
  3. noun Philosophy The principle of the cosmic mind or soul responsible for the rational order of the cosmos.
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  • The Chevalier and all here have the highest idea of Wright's nous, and think it most important that he should be at the head of the legal department. —  A Publisher and His Friends
  • Et particulieremet quad ce sont des personnes eleuees audessus de nous, auec qui il ne faut iamais contester en aucune maniere. —  George Washington's Rules of Civility
  • "'Entre nous, mon cher Courtenay,' Mr. Manners writes, 'entre nous, our Dorothy hath had many offers of great advantage since she hath been here. —  Richard Carvel
  • Maura had real nous, there was no doubt about it. —  Maura's Game
  • It is in this sense that this nous is a —  Mulla Sadra
 

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  1. Also nouse; from Greek νοῦς, contr. of νόος, the mind, intelligence, perception, sense, in Attic philosophy the perceptive and intelligent faculty; prob. orig. *γνόος, from √ γνο in γιγνώσκειν, know: see gnostic, know. The word, picked up at classical schools and the universities, passed into common humorous use, and even into provincial speech.
 

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