知ち情じょう意い

noun

intellect, emotion, and volition

A technical term in philosophy and psychology referring to the three traditional faculties of the mind: intellect (知), emotion (情), and volition (意). Often used in discussions of human nature, education, or mental functions.

• 知ち情じょう意いのバランスがとれた人にん間げんを育そだてることが教きょう育いくの目もく標ひょうだ。

  The goal of education is to cultivate a person with a balance of intellect, emotion, and volition.

• 心しん理り学がくでは、知ち情じょう意いを人にん間げんの基き本ほん的てきな心しん的てき機き能のうとして扱あつかう。

  In psychology, intellect, emotion, and volition are treated as the basic mental functions of humans.