MIND

French translation: l'intellect

18:51 Dec 18, 2013

English to French translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Esoteric practices / hermetic philosophy

English term or phrase: MIND

The mind, in the Hermetic Science terminology, is conceived as the spirit (or divine part everyone carries) plus the integration of all other faculties into one single organ. Esprit is fine for the English Spirit. But how about mind thus defined? Which term, containing the needed (sememes : unites minimales de sens) to render the meaning MIND carries as herein defined in English?
This term appear in SECRET SCIENCE, and in THE STELLAR MAN both by JOHN BAINES (SEVERAL EDITIONS).
These books were translated from SPANISH into ENGLISH and I performed the ENGLISH/FRENCH trend; although not satisfied with the translation of MIND by Esprit and the Spirit also by Esprit.
These books are for almost all audiences. But the Author lives in Chile and has many Sections of his Institute in New-York (USA); Paris (France), Alexandria (Egypt); Buesnos Aires (Argentina); Beijing (China).
The specifics Contexts where it occurs are numerous; for example : IN THE STELLAR MAN, IN THE CHAPTER "NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR ONE READS :
The path of self-perfection is long and arduous.
There can be no other way than to pursue the
attainment of authentic power over oneself and one's own
existence, and to pursue the possession of a state of consciousness
in which disharmony, destructiveness, ugliness,
aggression, and unhappiness no longer exist. The real Hermetic
Initiate acquires the capacity to transcend such petty
realities, to instead place himself in the unlimited and infinite
context of absolute reality; that which transcends time
and space. From that moment on, he will never again be defeated
by hesitation, loneliness, or doubt. He will have
united himself harmoniously with that unique and powerful
force which is a creator and maintainer of life, what Hermes
called "MIND."
So this is what mind is conceived in English. I would like to find an adequate definite term in FRENCH, and also in FULANI, ARABIC, WOLOF.

hermes17 KudoZ activity Questions: 3 (1 open) Answers: 3 United States
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French translation:l'intellect

Explanation:
On the Trail of the Winged God - Hermes and Hermeticism ...
www.bibliotecapleyades.net/cienciareal/.../hermes_trailwing...‎
If Hermes is the god of the mind, then these qualities appear in an even more meaningful light. For is the mind not the most baffling, confusing, and at the same ..

Hermétisme - Wikipédia
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Elles ne dépendent pas nécessairement de la tradition hermétique alexandrine, .... (νους) : origine divine de l'intellect soit comme parcelle de l'Âme du Tout (C.H. X 7, .... Lenglet du Fresnoy écrit Histoire de la philosophie hermétique (1742).
Le" logos" hermétique d'enseignement
www.persee.fr/.../reg_0035-2039_1942_num_55_25...‎Translate this page
by AJ Festugière - ‎1942 - ‎Cited by 4 - ‎Related articles
Que l'âme donc se libère de la matière, se concentre au fond d'elle-même," où ... telle que la définit Hermès dans le Cratère : recevoir le baptême de l'Intellect, ... (2) Lesquelles sont désignées ici d'abord selon le langage de la philosophie ..
• Abraham, Thrice-Great Hermes, and Plato - Patheos
www.patheos.com/blogs/.../06/abraham-thrice-great-hermes-an...‎
9 Jun 2010 - Abraham, Thrice-Great Hermes, and Plato ... rational part (logistikon, logos) or mind/intellect (nous), and the soul is associated with the stars.
• Aristotle's Psychology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-psychology/‎
11 Jan 2000 - At the same time, however, he insists that the mind or intellect (nous) may not be .... soul : body : : form : matter : : Hermes-shape : bronze ...

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The Hermetic Kabbalah of Anna Kingsford
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1847533132
Anna Kingsford - 2007 - ‎Religion
The converted soul passes from the state of fall into the state of regeneration, and ... distinguish four separate elements in man – body, mind, soul, and spirit.

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le psyché

Publications récentes - Irreducible Mind
www.metapsychique.org/Publications-recentes-Irreduc...‎Translate this page
Irreducible Mind : Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century (en anglais) ... correct de la nature de la psyché humaine (un tableau qui en outre donne une place ..

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Please ignore "psyché" completely

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l'intellect

Abraham, Thrice-Great Hermes, and Plato - Patheos
www.patheos.com/blogs/.../06/abraham-thrice-great-hermes-an...‎
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9 Jun 2010 - Abraham, Thrice-Great Hermes, and Plato ... rational part (logistikon, logos) or mind/intellect (nous), and the soul is associated with the stars
1. nous - definition of nous by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/nous‎
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nous (nus, naʊs) n. (in Greek philosophy) mind; intellect. [1670–80; < Greek noûs, contracted variant of nóos mind]. Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related ...

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The Perennial Tradition: Hermes Trismegistus
www.hermes-press.com/Perennial_Tradition/PTch6.htm‎
Historically, the name Hermes referred to several different personages: .... Pimander, who is the Nous, or divine mens [mind, intellect, intelligence], appears to ...

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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:19

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Thanks. The references may be helpful. However It still unsatisfactory: MIND. I understand that if one is not an Initiate or versed in such Science, the subtleties may be not evident. HERE ITS ABOUT DEFINING SOMETHING QUITE NEW: how an EVOLVED INDIVIDUAL SUCCEED IN INTEGRATING ALL HIS FACULTIES (those well-known as the five senses and those less known: the soul that even many dictionaries define vaguely sometimes by "ame", sometimes by "esprit". So the words may carry different meanings. Ce que je veux c'est le passage d'un mot a un concept; c'est-a-dire que le terme propose vehicule les sens contenus dans la definition de MIND dans le CONTEXTE des livres de JOHN BAINES. Je crois que l'association d'unites de sens (celles contenues dans la definition de MIND par JOHN BAINES pourrait etre une voie de sortie. Vous professionnels pouvez trouver, et pourquoi pas FORGER un terme qui inclut tous les sens vehicules par la definition et qui soit un mot elegant, or bien un mot connu, mais Re-defini, c'est-a-dire CONCEPTUALISE.
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Summary of answers provided

3 +1

l'esprit ...

Jean-Claude Gouin

âme, esprit

Cécile A.-C.

3 +1

l'intellect

liz askew

3 +1

gnose

ISABELLE BELPOIS

intelligence

Xavier Godivier

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

mind l'esprit ...

Explanation:
J'utiliserais ''l'esprit'', ''dans mon esprit'' ...

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 12:19
Native speaker of:

French

33 mins confidence:

mind âme, esprit

Explanation:
pour tout ce qui a trait au spirituel voire religieux, la matière grise/l'intelligence/l'intellect pour tout ce qui touche au savoir

en wolof 'xel' va totalement changé en fonction de la phrase.

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va totalement changer (erreur)

Cécile A.-C.
United States
Local time: 12:19
Native speaker of:

French

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

mind

l'intellect

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:19
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

mind gnose

Explanation:
Gnose:
Connaissance se présentant non comme un savoir acquis, mais comme une intuition salvatrice, une révélation intérieure, reposant sur le dualisme de la connaissance et de l'ignorance, du bien et du mal, de l'esprit et du corps, et se fondant sur l'idée que le monde sensible est dominé par des puissances mauvaises, hostiles au Dieu transcendant, source du monde spirituel que le gnostique cherche à connaître. Gnose brahmanique, islamique, hermétique, juive.

Je pensais aussi à "éveil", "conscience", dont la connotation spirituelle dépend du contexte.

Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herm%C3%A9tisme
Reference: http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/gnose

ISABELLE BELPOIS
France
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of:

French

Notes to answerer

Asker: La gnose n'est pas un organe, MIND est; comme l'a defini l'auteur: l'integration de toutes les facultes humaines en une seule entite. Mon probleme est de trouver un mot qui englobe toutes les unites de sens contenues dans la definition ou d'en forger un. En Semantique (branche de la linguistique qui etudie le sens, chaque concept peut etre decompose en unites minimales de sens dont la somme constitue le sens global du mot. Je sais que vous autres pouvez aider si et seulement si vous comprenez la dynamique des deux disciplines ici en jeu; la realite Hermetique et le niveau Semantique tous requerrant un precision extreme.

19 hrs confidence:

mind intelligence

Explanation:
Dans ce contexte, je choisirais le terme "intelligence" au sens où il est utilisé pour traduire le terme sanscrit "budhi" comme "l'enveloppe faite d'intelligence"
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhi
Avec le même sens, le terme "intellect" me semble également approprié mais je trouve cet autre mot un peu froid spirituellement... Cela n'est peut-être qu'une question de goût personnel.

Xavier Godivier
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of:

French

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