Your writing requires some very heavy intellectual lifting: thank goodness for online dictionaries, and for having the time to re-read and ponder complex concepts!
I'm glad my salvation isn't contingent on understanding - and remembering - St Gregory's explanation of the cosmic structure! Still, I look forward to further installments of your thesis : )
Question: can one substitute the term noetic for the word intellect (and its derivitives) in your writing?
Yes, I think one could. Generally, the word Gregory is using is "nous," which at his time means "mind," but which captures essentially all non-sensory faculties and consciousness as such. The intelligibles, or "noemata," is a word related to nous and includes beings known by the mind. It could be translated as "ideas" and includes everything from qualities (e.g., color) to angels and the human soul.
Benjamin,
Your writing requires some very heavy intellectual lifting: thank goodness for online dictionaries, and for having the time to re-read and ponder complex concepts!
I'm glad my salvation isn't contingent on understanding - and remembering - St Gregory's explanation of the cosmic structure! Still, I look forward to further installments of your thesis : )
Question: can one substitute the term noetic for the word intellect (and its derivitives) in your writing?
Yes, I think one could. Generally, the word Gregory is using is "nous," which at his time means "mind," but which captures essentially all non-sensory faculties and consciousness as such. The intelligibles, or "noemata," is a word related to nous and includes beings known by the mind. It could be translated as "ideas" and includes everything from qualities (e.g., color) to angels and the human soul.