Sentence examples for the intellect being from inspiring English sources

In the case of the intellect, being in its widest generality is such, as only that which is can be known.

The conclusion that Dietrich wishes to draw is that the intellect, being always in act through its essence, contains in itself the whole universe of beings, which shine forth from it into the cosmos.

Due to its superiority and to the fact that it is no being, the intellect is resplendent with the universe of beings.

In fact, the intellect is the first being in which universal matter and form are conjoined.

The first adequate object of the intellect is commensurate to the intellective power and indicates the scope of human reason.

This conclusion, he says, is unpleasant to the mind; that is, the intellect is not able to admit an infinity of beings without "grumbling" (murmere).

Of course, as James readily acknowledged, although the intellect is its own formal cause, it cannot issue forth an act of intellection without some input from the senses.

The intellect was brilliant but frigid as the aurora borealis.

Yet beneath the intellect is an undercurrent of emotion, smartly explored here in John Morogiello's script.

The intellect is engaged long before we realise it, rather like a pre-selector gearbox on a Routemaster bus.

At the same time, however, the life of the intellect was conceived as being driven by a passionate aspiration for what was eternal and universal.