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Spanish term or phrase:
recta inteligencia
English translation:
correct interpretation / right understanding
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DLyons
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recta inteligencia
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Philosophy
FRom a text about the history of education:
Los neologismos medievales fueron suplantados por sus equivalente clásicos; la recta inteligencia de los textos antiguos era imprescindible para los futuros abogados o médicos;
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Los neologismos medievales fueron suplantados por sus equivalente clásicos; la recta inteligencia de los textos antiguos era imprescindible para los futuros abogados o médicos;
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correct interpretation / right understanding
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honest/upright/honorable/respectible
From the Oxford English:
recto
2 (honrado) honest, upright
recto
2 (honrado) honest, upright
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straight intelligence
Not really sure of this but there are loads of references to 'straight intelligence'.
e.g.
That could work in a setting with Amodern education system. If you want to use it in your game it's certainly a workable option. Another viable option, as mentioned above, is to just use straight intelligence checks for knowledge not covered by the presented skills.
However, the game is designed to take place in a medieval european type setting. In that setting a person would be much more likely to study a specific subject intensively than to have a well rounded modern education. Schools in the modern sense simply didn't exist. This is probably why the designers didn't include an "Education" skill. It didn't fit into the setting they were creating.
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2 Jul 2010 – Give him a role that he CAN live up to… in fact, if you want to talk straight intelligence, he is brighter than most in that dressing room. ...
e.g.
That could work in a setting with Amodern education system. If you want to use it in your game it's certainly a workable option. Another viable option, as mentioned above, is to just use straight intelligence checks for knowledge not covered by the presented skills.
However, the game is designed to take place in a medieval european type setting. In that setting a person would be much more likely to study a specific subject intensively than to have a well rounded modern education. Schools in the modern sense simply didn't exist. This is probably why the designers didn't include an "Education" skill. It didn't fit into the setting they were creating.
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2 Jul 2010 – Give him a role that he CAN live up to… in fact, if you want to talk straight intelligence, he is brighter than most in that dressing room. ...
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plain intellect
http://books.google.com/books?hl=de&id=wX0rRg0xZiMC&q=plain ...
"When I see a man like George Peabody - a man of plain intellect and moderate education - ..."
"When I see a man like George Peabody - a man of plain intellect and moderate education - ..."
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the clearly expressed intelligence
or the clear intelligence expressed in... Another interpretation.
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plain intellect, common sense ?
Plain intellect sounds very good in this context.
However, the author may have been referring to
something more akin to the term, "common sense".
However, the author may have been referring to
something more akin to the term, "common sense".
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unquestionable logic
Or irreprochable may be. I don't think texts have intellect or intelligence though. Intelligent nature would work, but I think that this would be tantamount to the logic, reasoning or rationale of the texts.
HTH
HTH
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Sam Cogdell
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strict knowledge
Room for one more? Just another possibility.
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Looking at the DRAE definitions for *recta* and *inteligencia*, how would "strict understanding" work here?
Recto/recta:
5. adj. Se dice del sentido primitivo o literal de las palabras, a diferencia del traslaticio o figurado
http://drae2.es/recto
inteligencia:
"Sentido en que se puede tomar una sentencia, un dicho o una expresión"
http://drae2.es/inteligencia
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Looking at the DRAE definitions for *recta* and *inteligencia*, how would "strict understanding" work here?
Recto/recta:
5. adj. Se dice del sentido primitivo o literal de las palabras, a diferencia del traslaticio o figurado
http://drae2.es/recto
inteligencia:
"Sentido en que se puede tomar una sentencia, un dicho o una expresión"
http://drae2.es/inteligencia
Example sentence:
Bacon promotes a strict knowledge of science and geometry as a way of understanding how God's grace orders the created world:
this book is based on the original meanings and usage of the mantras, a strict knowledge of ancient Sanskrit
Reference:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/35810245/Frawley-David-Wisdom-of-the-Ancient-Seers-Mantras-of-the-Rig-Veda
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