noesis

American

[noh-ee-sis] / noʊˈi sɪs /

noun

(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
Psychology. cognition; the functioning of the intellect.

noesis British

/ nəʊˈiːsɪs /

noun

philosophy the exercise of reason, esp in the apprehension of universal forms Compare dianoia
psychol the mental process used in thinking and perceiving; the functioning of the intellect See also cognition

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Etymology

Origin of noesis

1880–85; < Greek nóēsis thought, intelligence, equivalent to noē- (variant stem of noeîn to think) + -sis -sis

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The giver of the name wanted to express this longing of the soul, for the original name was neoesis, and not noesis; but eta took the place of a double epsilon.

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