Nous
Pronunciation
- UK enPR: nous, IPA: /naÊŠs/
- Rhymes: -aÊŠs
- US enPR: nooÍžs, IPA: /nuËs/
Origin
From Ancient Greek νοῦς (nous) or νόος (noös, "mind").
Full definition of nous
Noun
nous
- (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional
- 1900, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, I feel the will to roam, to learnBy test, experience, nous,That fire is hot and ocean deep,And wolves carnivorous.
- In neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
- Common sense; practical intelligence.