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1
something imagined or pictured in the mind
- notebooks filled with his intellections on an amazing array of topics
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2
the thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems
- ever since Descartes famously declared, "I think, therefore I am," people have tended to regard acts of conscious intellection as proof of their own existence
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“Intellection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intellection. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of intellection was circa 1526
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