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Meanings of thing per se in inglés

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In Kantian philosophy, an object as it is, independent of observation, which one cannot know directly.

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        Examples for "noumenon"
        Examples for "noumenon"
        1
        The so-called natural sciences, and their limits-Thephenomenon and the noumenon.
        Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
        2
        What signified their endless pages about dualism and monism, about phenomenon and noumenon?
        Birthright: A Novel
        3
        The intuition gives the world, the phenomenon; the concept gives the noumenon, the Spirit.
        Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
        4
        What, therefore, we call noumenon must be understood by us as such in a negative sense.
        The Critique of Pure Reason
        5
        The conception of a noumenon is therefore merely a limitative conception and therefore only of negative use.
        The Critique of Pure Reason
        1
        Aries Tottle's mode, in a word, was based on noumena; Hog's on phenomena.
        The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4
        2
        Phenomena and noumena and so on and so on.
        The Soul of a Bishop
        3
        The various awe-compelling phenomena soon ceased to have any connection with the anthropomorphic noumena they had begotten.
        The Soul of the Far East
        4
        Then noumena, which are not in your minds when you are born, have no way of getting in-
        Martin Eden
        5
        There is the world of appearance (phenomena), and there is the world of reality or substance (noumena).
        Theism or Atheism: The Great Alternative
        1
        Our models may get closer and closer, but we will never reach direct perception of reality's thing-in-itself.
        Futures 1
        2
        Thing-in-itself, or reality, lies behind appearances permanently beyond our ken.
        The Religion of the Samurai / A Study of Zen Philosophy and Disc...
        3
        Thing-in-itself means thing cut off from all possible relationships.
        The Religion of the Samurai / A Study of Zen Philosophy and Disc...
        4
        If only you knew what the Thing-in-itself was.
        Mary Olivier: a Life
        5
        Supposing-supposing the Transcendental Ego was the Thing-in-itself?
        Mary Olivier: a Life
        1
        Do you suppose any man wants to hear what his sweetheart thinks about Space and Time and the Ding-an-sich?
        Mary Olivier: a Life
        Usage of thing per se in inglés
        1
        This interchange becomes evident when I regard this supreme being, which, relatively to the world, was absolutely (unconditionally) necessary, as a thing per se.
        The Critique of Pure Reason
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