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Nous vs Commonsense - What's the difference?

nous | commonsense |

As a noun nous

is the mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional.

As an adjective commonsense is

exhibiting or using common sense.

nous

English

Noun

  • (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional
  • * 1900 , Gilbert Keith Chesterton,
    • I feel the will to roam, to learn
    By test, experience, nous ,
    That fire is hot and ocean deep,
    And wolves carnivorous.
  • In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
  • Common sense; practical intelligence.

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Exhibiting or using common sense