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'''INTELLECT''' (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand), the general term for the [[mind]] in reference to its capacity for knowing or understanding. It is very vaguely used in common [[language]]. A man is described as "[[intellectual]]" generally because he is occupied with theory and principles rather than with practice, often with the further implication that his theories are concerned mainly with abstract matters: he is aloof from the world, and especially is a man of training and [[culture]] who cares little for the ordinary pleasures of sense.
'''INTELLECT''' (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand), the general term for the [[mind]] in reference to its capacity for knowing or understanding. It is very vaguely used in common [[language]]. A man is described as "[[intellectual]]" generally because he is occupied with theory and principles rather than with practice, often with the further implication that his theories are concerned mainly with abstract matters: he is aloof from the world, and especially is a man of training and [[culture]] who cares little for the ordinary pleasures of sense.
"Intellect" is thus distinguished from "[[intelligence]]" by the field of its operations, "intelligence" being used in the practical sphere for readiness to grasp a situation. (the word as a synonym for "news" is journalese) In [[philosophy]] the "intellect" is contrasted with the senses and the will; it sifts and combines sense-given data, which otherwise would be only momentary, lasting practically only as long as the stimuli continued to operate.
"Intellect" is thus distinguished from "[[intelligence]]" by the field of its operations, "intelligence" being used in the practical sphere for readiness to grasp a situation. (the word as a synonym for "news" is journalese) In [[philosophy]] the "intellect" is contrasted with the senses and the will; it sifts and combines sense-given data, which otherwise would be only momentary, lasting practically only as long as the stimuli continued to operate.
<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Mind]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Mind '''''this link'''''],</center>
It thus includes the cognitive processes, and is the source of all real [[knowledge]]. Various attempts have been made to narrow the use of the term, e.g. to the higher regions of knowledge entirely above the region of sense, or to conceptual processes; but no agreement has been reached. "Intellection" (i.e. the process as opposed to the capacity) has similarly been narrowed to the sphere of concepts; others, however, give it a much wider meaning. [https://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Intellect]
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<center>In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismaili Ismaili] philosophy, the human intellect is engaged to retrieve and disclose that which is interior or hidden ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batin_(Islam) batin]).</center>
<center>In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismaili Ismaili] philosophy, the human intellect is engaged to retrieve and disclose that which is interior or hidden (batin).</center>
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