Meanings of intellectual lights in English

The fourth, of the Sun, revolved by the Powers, is the abode of the great intellectual lights, the doctors of the Church.

Abbé Gedoyn became particularly attached to Mademoiselle de l'Enclos, whose good taste and intellectual lights he considered such sure and safe guides.

The great scholar and the lesser intellectual lights differ in brilliancy, but the same process must be followed to bring them to their highest splendor.

Born in Dublin in 1917, Dr Cruise O'Brien was one of the leading intellectual lights of the Labour Party during the 1960s.