Some transformation is necessary, along with intellectual conviction.
It could be a matter of sheer intellectual conviction.
The fact that he could soldier on for three years, following his intellectual convictions in the face of widespread disbelief, was a Smithies hallmark.
Nothing here had anything to do with his intellectual conviction that he was caught and that therefore he must cooperate.
It was an intellectual conviction based on indirect evidence alone.
Has it ever occurred to you," asked Chaffery, apparently apropos of nothing, "that intellectual conviction is no motive at all?
'Manana' means constant reflection upon what has been learnt so that intellectual conviction may be produced in the mind.
Knowledge should lead to experience; intellectual conviction should result in perception (pravritti).
This was not simply an intellectual conviction but the result of an intensely personal experience.
There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.