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		Telemakhos 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hermes 4 Were you thinking that "Nous" was French? It's the Greek word for the rational mind (as opposed to the animal appetites or the fighting spirit). Hermes is the Greek god of secret knowledge as well.

hinkley 3 months ago [–]

Huh. Not often I get a Greek word mistaken for a Latinate. Good to know.

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