{"id":39967,"date":"2024-03-17T10:24:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T15:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=39967"},"modified":"2024-03-17T10:24:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T15:24:03","slug":"word-of-the-day-947","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2024\/03\/17\/word-of-the-day-947\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nous<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Nous<\/b><\/i>, or\u00a0Greek<\/a>\u00a0\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2 (UK<\/a>:\u00a0<\/small>\/n<\/span>a\u028a<\/span>s<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>,[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0US<\/a>:\u00a0<\/small>\/n<\/span>u\u02d0<\/span>s<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>), sometimes equated to\u00a0intellect<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0intelligence<\/a>, is a concept from classical\u00a0philosophy<\/a>\u00a0for the\u00a0faculty<\/a>\u00a0of the human\u00a0mind<\/a>\u00a0necessary for understanding what is\u00a0true<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0real<\/a>. [Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then it goes on into neoplatonism<\/em><\/a>. Another source keeps it simple and says<\/p>\n

good judgment and practical ability:
\nAnyone with a bit of nous would have known what to do. [Cambridge Dictionary<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Noted in “Golden State Warriors defeat LA Lakers after \u2018bizarre\u2019 finale as arena announcer forced to announce shot clock<\/em><\/a>,” Issy Ronald and Homero De la Fuente, CNN\/Sports<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

It had been a finely poised game throughout even after the Lakers had lost Davis and his defensive nous, which allowed the Warriors to attack more from inside the paint, racking up points in that area of the court.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wonder if nous<\/em> is acquiring another meaning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nous: Nous, or\u00a0Greek\u00a0\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2 (UK:\u00a0\/na\u028as\/,[1]\u00a0US:\u00a0\/nu\u02d0s\/), sometimes equated to\u00a0intellect\u00a0or\u00a0intelligence, is a concept from classical\u00a0philosophy\u00a0for the\u00a0faculty\u00a0of the human\u00a0mind\u00a0necessary for understanding what is\u00a0true\u00a0or\u00a0real. [Wikipedia] And then it goes on into neoplatonism. Another source keeps it simple and says good judgment and practical ability: Anyone with a bit of nous would have known what to \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39968,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39967\/revisions\/39968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}