Sentence examples for actions of intellect from inspiring English sources

Moreover, matter cannot create the spirit which is obviously operative in human actions of intellect and will.

As Descartes tells us, "all knowledge is certain and evident cognition" (1628, Rule II, p. 1) and when we "review all the actions of the intellect by means of which we are able to arrive at a knowledge of things with no fear of being mistaken," we "recognize only two: intuition and deduction" (1628, Rule III, p. 3).

The mixture is unlimited in extent, and at some point in time it is set into motion by the action of nous (intellect).

Some of these philosophers argued that free action results from the interaction of intellect and will, while others argued that although the intellect is an important precondition for an action's being free, the will is the true instrument that brings about a free action.

In all actions moderates are looking for the proper balance of intellect and emotion; clear perception and empathy; self interest and perspective; male and female; Yin and Yang.

Since empirical consciousness is the function of the possible intellect according to Dietrich, and since in his Neoplatonic hierarchy the agent intellect being the cause of the possible intellect must be superior to it, it follows that empirical consciousness is due to the causal action of the agent intellect.

Properly human action proceeds from and is under the control of intellect and will.

"There might be a misconception of intellect".

Equality is not the opposite of intellect; it depends on intellect for its true realization.

Gossip is the acceptable face of intellect".

Robbery crime of intellect; murder is crime of base passions.