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Nous Art Gallery

San Gimignano, Toscana, Italy • 2 Employees
Writing & Editing

ART EVOKES THE DEEPEST HUMAN INSTINCTSCommonly translated as ‘mind' or ‘intellect', the Greek word Nous is a key term in the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle and Plotinus. What gives Nous its special significance there is not primarily its dictionary meaning – other nouns in Greek can also signify the mind – but the value attributed to its activity and to the metaphysical status of things that are ‘noetic' (intelligible and incorporeal), as distinct from being perceptible and corporeal.In Plato's later dialogues, and more systematically in Aristotle and Plotinus, Nous is not only the highest activity of the human soul, but also the divine and transcendent principle of cosmic order.We think of art as a useful tool for social integration and self-integrity, and according to oriental philosophy, the wiseman's mind should be wide enough to embrace contradiction and paradox, conflict and incompatibility, polarity and ambiguity.We believe that contemporary art is a continuous search, not merely decorative. We search for an inner depth because everything stems from a profound human reason, and for us it is important to strengthen the creative process.Our task is to support artists and their creations, to communicate them and give them an ideal context where we can evoke an inner harmony and find new ways of expressing the balance of the continuum of the existence. "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift."-Albert Einstein