Intellect

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(n.) The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

The faculty of clear and decisive intelligence, or of instant and sure perception.

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