Intellect is a capacity of the sub-conscious mind.
The intellectual capacity of the sub-conscious mind is its ability to reason.
My ability to reason is relative to my ability to define my personal reality with purpose.
Intellect is the sub-conscious ability to make sense of reality.
We usually become conscious of our intellectual ability, or lack of it, when life does not make sense.
When life makes sense, the sub-conscious mind is intellectually at peace with itself.
All of my senses flow unrestricted into my sub-conscious mind.
The role of the sub-conscious mind is to make sense of the meaning by giving meaning to the senses.
Intellect is the sub-conscious ability to make sense of the meaning with a defined definition of a definite reality.
Intellect is the ability to define the meaning of reality with reasoning.
A reasoned definite meaning becomes a personal belief.
I believe a belief to be true when it has a reasonably definite meaning in my life.
The role of the intellect is to find the meaning in life with defined reasoning.
A person who reasonably defines the meaning of what is real in their life is called an Intellectual.
The capacity of my intellect determines how intellectual I am.
Where Intelligence is a measure of the quantity & the quality of accumulated knowledge: Intellect is the ability to use intelligence purposefully & meaningfully in a reasonably & rationally defined way.