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  • I am not an economist, given that I was amazed at how the shallowness of Gailbraith was accepted by "smart" people or the intellegentia as they like to be referred.

    Was Galbraith Great? - The Austrian Economists 2006

  • An angel, in Scholastic philosophy, is practically the equivalent of noûs (intellectus, intellegentia) when used by such writers as Aristotle, Porphyry, Plotinus, or Pseudo-Dionysius, to denote not a faculty, but a species of being.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • Sensus enim solus cunctis aliis cognitionibus destitutus immobilibus animantibus cessit quales sunt conchae maris quaeque alia saxis haerentia nutriuntur, imaginatio uero mobilibus beluis quibus iam inesse fugiendi appetendiue aliquis uidetur affectus, ratio uero humani tantum generis est sicut intellegentia sola diuini.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • Ipsum quoque hominem aliter sensus, aliter imaginatio, aliter ratio, aliter intellegentia contuetur.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • Neque enim sensus aliquid extra materiam ualet uel uniuersales species imaginatio contuetur uel ratio capit simplicem formam, sed intellegentia quasi desuper spectans concepta forma quae subsunt etiam cuncta diiudicat, sed eo modo quo formam ipsam, quae nulli alii nota esse poterat, comprehendit.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • [8] Cf. the discussion of human _ratio_ and divine _intellegentia_ in

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • Barney needs to be "Frank", and Chris needs to stop being such a "Dud" I have heard several progressive intellegentia suggest causing far less financial misery than this to so many should be sufficient grounds for Capital Punishment.

    Fool.com: The Motley Fool 2009

  • Et cum haec ita intellegentia discernantur permisceanturque, tamen unus idemque et homo sit perfectus et deus: deus quidem, quod ipse sit ex patris substantia genitus, homo uero, quod ex Maria sit uirgine procreatus.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

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