English Words from Greek
2012 Word List
mind, understanding, intellect
- noesis (the cognitive process;
cognition)
- noumenon (an object that can be intuited only
by the intellect and not perceived by the senses; an object independent
of intellectual intuition of it or of sensuous perception of it [also
called thing-in-itself];
in the philosophy of Kant, an object, such as the soul, that cannot be
known through perception, although its existence can be
demonstrated)
- nous (reason and knowledge as opposed to sense
perception; the rational part of the individual human soul; the
principle of the cosmic mind or soul responsible for the rational order
of the cosmos)
- paranoia (a psychotic disorder characterized by
delusions of persecution or grandeur, often strenuously defended with
apparent logic and reason; extreme, irrational distrust of
others)
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Definitions are taken from:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic
version licensed from InfoSoft International, Inc. All rights reserved.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.
Merriam-Webster, 2002.
http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (30 Sep. 2006).
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