James R. Houghton, the chairman of the Met, said, "Clearly we wanted a scholar and art historian who is respected in his field, has a keen intellect and can be decisive".
Reached by telephone, James R. Houghton, the board chairman, said, "Clearly we wanted a scholar and art historian who is respected in his field, has a keen intellect and can be decisive".
But how we act, behave, and respond to our fears and revulsions is a choice governed by our intellect and thus can be the defining element that makes us truly human and truly humane.
Human emotion and intellect can be expressed through a variety of methods and techniques, but skilled representational art is extremely effective in engaging the human heart and energizing the mind.
A $65m renovation of the entry plaza that opened last autumn, by the landscape architect OLIN, features a pair of anodyne fountains better suited to a shopping mall.In Mr Chipperfield, the Met has found an architect of personal reticence and sober intellect whose work can be bold and simultaneously deferential.
Except, perhaps, for "devoid of intellect" -- in "concrete" gallery spaces, intellect can be abused, leaving the visitor with an uneasy feeling of having been ridiculed.
The mind or intellect (nous) can be described variously as a power, faculty, part, or aspect of the human soul.
The idea that the intellect alone can be our guide in life is weaker than it has been for many years.
Under such a power the potential intellect of humanity can be fully actuated the intellect, that is, of collective humanity, existent throughout the world, acting as one.
As we all know, the intellect can be cruel and beauty can be shallow, but when these two get together, they can be a powerful force for good, and even happiness.
A similar but not identical attempt to expand on the elliptical remarks that Aristotle has left on the active intellect can be found in the On Intellect, a short essay attributed to Alexander of Aphrodisias and preserved in the collection of brief exegetical writings known to us as Mantissa.
