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Nous vs Phren - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between nous and phren

is that nous is (philosophy) the mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional while phren is the brain or mind.

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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    phren

    English

    (wikipedia phren)

    Noun

  • The brain or mind.
    • Some ancient Greeks, including Aristotle, believed that the phren was located in the heart rather than the cranium.