As Aspect of Intellect
According to the Tanya, Da'at is the third and last conscious power of intellect. But in this context, it is actually the lower Daat of the partzuf of Zer Anpin (not upper Daat of Adam Kadmon).
Zer Anpin refers to the 'personification' (partzuf) of six sephirot from Khesed to Yesod - and as a whole embodies its own ten sephirot and its own Daat. Zer Anpin personifies the revelation of the Torah and relates to the second level of the human soul called 'spirit' (ruakh), that corresponds to mental aspects, including reason and emotion.
Accordingly, Daat is associated in the soul with the powers of memory and concentration, powers which rely upon one's "recognition" (hakarah) of, and "sensitivity" (hergesh) to, the potential meaningfulness of those ideas generated in consciousness through the powers of Chokhmah ("wisdom") and Binah ("understanding").
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