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intellection

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intellectiō, intellectiōnem.

  1. borrowed from intellectio

Definitions

  1. The mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect

    The mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect; apprehension by the mind; understanding.

    • The purpose of philosophy is to unite oneself with the objects of the intellect, and even at last with the One that is above all intellection.

  2. A particular act of grasping by means of the intellect.

    • Our senses, our instincts, our intellections are all instruments of adaptation.

  3. The mental content of an act of grasping by means of the intellect, as a thought, idea,…

    The mental content of an act of grasping by means of the intellect, as a thought, idea, or conception.

    • When Banerjee talks about the artist's thinking about the music, she is not referring to an intellection about the mechanics of technique.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for intellection. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA