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Intellect

/ˈɪntəˌlɛkt/
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(noun) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.

Opinion is ultimately determined by feelings, and not by the intellect.
It is beyond the boundaries of human intellect.
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