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Philosophy Reason and knowledge as opposed to sense perception.
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Philosophy The rational part of the individual human soul.
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Philosophy The principle of the cosmic mind or soul responsible for the rational order of the cosmos.
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Philosophy In Stoicism, the equivalent of Logos.
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Philosophy In Neo-Platonism, the image of the absolute good, containing the cosmos of intelligible beings.
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