rational soul

in the thought of Aristotle, the type of soul possessed by human beings. Unlike the vegetative soul and the sensitive soul, the rational soul has the capacity for rational thought. See also nous.

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WMDS

abbreviation for weighted multidimensional scaling. See individual-differences scaling.