Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
intelligence laborieuse
English translation:
experimental reasoning
French term
United States
French to English, English to English
Native in: English
Works in: English, French to English, French Middle (ca.1400-1600) to English
intelligence laborieuse
The sentence is:
Je voudrais que nous fassions de xxx un temple dedie a l'amour, a l'amitie et l'intellifence laborieuse.
This is set in the enlightenment and the sentence is in that context, and spoken by one of the protagonists in the story. I think there is an English phrase for the this idea but its stuck somewhere in the back of my mind-- so any help is appreciated.
Proposed translations
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: South African, British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
assiduous reasoning
"–adjective
1. constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
2. constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive: an assiduous student."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/assiduousness
"But neither her ASSIDUOUS REASONING nor the travel they enjoyed together in other circumstances acted as more than a temporary remedy."
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
active understanding/empathy
The essay explores the important relationship between Mikhail Bakhtin's early philosophical thought and one of its major sources, Max Scheler's phenomenology of emotional life. The two mutually illuminating concepts of active empathy —Bakhtin's vzhivani
Beauty is discovered by contemplation in imagination, shaped by "active understanding, i.e., conceiving and judging."
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mhra/see/2008/00000086/00000001/art00003
http://www.mnstate.edu/gracyk/courses/aesthetics%20of%20music/hanslick_outline.htm
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
persevering wisdom/the wisdom of perseverance/assiduous enlightenment
United Kingdom
A Professional Service Handled With Care
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
the pursuit of enlightenment
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