intellective

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So my intellective function from the day I met her started going up to keep up with her.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2021

For the theological virtues, if they be in a human soul, must needs perfect it, either as to the intellective, or as to the appetitive part.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Therefore the subject of charity is not the sensitive, but the intellective appetite, i.e. the will.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Therefore curiosity about intellective knowledge cannot be sinful.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Whence it follows that the intellective habit is chiefly on the part of the intellect itself; and not on the part of the phantasm, which is common to soul and body.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint