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

The three heads signify the intellective, dianoetic, and doxatic powers.

From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Wright, Dudley

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

Hence, since this knowledge was in Christ for the perfection of His intellective soul, it seems that by this knowledge He did not know separate substances.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Secondly, the irascible may be taken in a broader sense, so as to belong also to the intellective appetite, to which also anger is sometimes ascribed.

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