NOUS: (noun) Etymology: Greek noos, nous mind 1: /'nüs also 'naus/ : MIND, REASON: (a) as an intelligent purposive principle of the world (b) the divine reason regarded in Neoplatonism as the first emanation of God 2: /'naus/ chiefly British : COMMON SENSE, ALERTNESS

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