[MD] Zen

[Krimel]

[Bo]
Oxford Advanced:
     "The power of mind to reason contrasted with feeling and
       instinct."

Power of mind we may omit, what's not p.o.m. in SOM?

Reason is objectivity itself and feeling (emotions) the very
embodiment of subjectivity ( instinct even lower down, biology
IMO) thus intellect is the power of distinguishing between what's
objective and what's subjective.

[Krimel]
Not to step on Marsha's toes here but your assessment above strikes me as
deeply confused. Reason is no less a subjective process than emotion. They
are both modes that individual subjects have available for apprehending and
processing information about the external, objective world.