Term
intuition
For Emerson, the primary, immediate wisdom that a person does not reach through reasoning and does not receive from teachers. The author’s concept, not a scientific term.
Essays: First Series, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Explained in
- Essays: First Series, Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Stop Checking Your Likes, Susie Moore
A quick inner sense that points to an answer without long reasoning. Moore treats that first feeling as a valuable signal, not magic.