Concept
Nous
Overview
the faculty of the human mind necessary for understanding what is true or real
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Philosophers who discussed Nous
- Avicenna
- Ammonius Saccas
- Anaxagoras
- Philo
- Xenophanes
- Numenius of Apamea
- Proclus
- Aristotle
- Plotinus
- Apollonius of Tyana
- Iamblichus
- Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher)
- William James
- Bernard of Chartres
- Prima materia
- Nikolay Lossky
- Hermotimus of Clazomenae
- Atticus (philosopher)
Related ideas
- Empiricism
- Socratic dialogue
- Jesus
- Absolute idealism
- Mind–body problem
- 'Aql
- Monad (Gnosticism)
- Neopythagoreanism
- Avicenna
- Francis Bacon
- Refutation of All Heresies
- Athena
- George Berkeley
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Gregory Palamas
- Phaedo
- Herodotus
- Philosophy
- Hesiod
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- Heraclitus
- Holy Spirit
- Hesychasm
- Vice
Opposing perspectives
Place in the tradition
Part of Anaxagoras.