Note 3 — IV. THE NEO-PLATONIC ARISTOTELIANS OF THE EAST.
Edward R. Jones translation
The Arabic ʻaql (νοῦς) is usually translated by Reason and Intelligence (Lat. intellectus and intelligentia). I prefer however the rendering, Geist, Spirit or Mind, because the expression includes God and the pure (separate) spirits of the spheres. Moreover it is hard to decide how far the personification of Reason was carried by individual thinkers. ↑