悟ご性せい

noun

wisdom; understanding; intellect

A philosophical term, often used in contrast to 理性 (reason) or 感性 (sensibility), referring to the faculty of understanding or intuitive insight. Not an everyday word.

• カント哲てつ学がくでは、悟ご性せいは感かん性せいと理り性せいの間あいだに位い置ちづけられる。

  In Kantian philosophy, understanding is positioned between sensibility and reason.

• 彼かれの悟ご性せいの高たかさには驚おどろかされる。

  I am amazed by the depth of his understanding.