Moral vs Intellection - What's the difference?
moral | intellection |
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
* Nathaniel Hawthorne
Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
* Sir M. Hale
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Capable of right and wrong action.
Probable but not proved.
Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
* Macaulay
Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
(obsolete) A morality play.
(uncountable) The mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect; apprehension by the mind; understanding.
*1993 , M. J. Edwards, "A Portrait of Plotinus," The Classical Quarterly , New Series, vol. 43, no. 2, p. 487:
*:The purpose of philosophy is to unite oneself with the objects of the intellect, and even at last with the One that is above all intellection .
(countable) A particular act of grasping by means of the intellect.
*1934 , R. V. Feldman, "The Metaphysics of Wonder and Surprise," Philosophy , vol. 9, no. 34, p. 210:
*:Our senses, our instincts, our intellections are all instruments of adaptation.
(countable) The mental content of an act of grasping by means of the intellect, as a thought, idea, or conception.
*1996 , Ananya, "Training in Indian Classical Dance: A Case Study," Asian Theatre Journal , vol. 13, no. 1, p. 77:
*:When Banerjee talks about the artist's thinking about the music, she is not referring to an intellection about the mechanics of technique.
As nouns the difference between moral and intellection
is that moral is moral while intellection is (uncountable) the mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect; apprehension by the mind; understanding.moral
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.
- the wiser and more moral part of mankind
Synonyms
* (conforming to a standard of right behaviour) ethical, incorruptible, noble, righteous, virtuous * (probable but not proved) virtualAntonyms
* immoral, amoral, non-moral, unmoralDerived terms
* moral compass * moral high ground * moral minimumNoun
(en noun)- The moral of the (The Boy Who Cried Wolf) is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.
- We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.