the root of noos is traceable to “ return from death and darkness,” and then extends to “return to light and life"
the basic meaning is something like "awareness"
direct perception of the truth
The human nous was darkened after the Fall of Man (which was the result of the rebellion against the nous), but after the purification of the nous, the human nous (the "eye of the heart") will see God's uncreated Light (and feel God's uncreated love and beauty, at which point the nous will start the unceasing communion of the heart with God) and become illuminated
The nous as the eye of the soul, which some also call the heart, is the centre of man and is where true (spiritual) knowledge is validated. This is seen as true knowledge which is "implanted in the nous as always co-existing with it"
Nous the highest ability in man, through which - provided it is purified - he knows God or the inner essences or principles by means of direct apprehension or spiritual perception. Nous does not function by formulating abstract concepts and then arguing on this basis to a conclusion reached through deductive reasoning, but it understands divine truth by means of immediate experience, intuition or 'simple cognition. Nous dwells in the 'depths of the soul'; it constitutes the innermost aspect of the heart. Nous is the organ of contemplation, the 'eye of the heart
the root of noos is traceable to “ return from death and darkness,” and then extends to “return to light and life"
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direct perception of the truth
The human nous was darkened after the Fall of Man (which was the result of the rebellion against the nous), but after the purification of the nous, the human nous (the "eye of the heart") will see God's uncreated Light (and feel God's uncreated love and beauty, at which point the nous will start the unceasing communion of the heart with God) and become illuminated
The nous as the eye of the soul, which some also call the heart, is the centre of man and is where true (spiritual) knowledge is validated. This is seen as true knowledge which is "implanted in the nous as always co-existing with it"
Nous the highest ability in man, through which - provided it is purified - he knows God or the inner essences or principles by means of direct apprehension or spiritual perception. Nous does not function by formulating abstract concepts and then arguing on this basis to a conclusion reached through deductive reasoning, but it understands divine truth by means of immediate experience, intuition or 'simple cognition. Nous dwells in the 'depths of the soul'; it constitutes the innermost aspect of the heart. Nous is the organ of contemplation, the 'eye of the heart
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