ding an sich

[ ding ahn zikh ]

noun

, German.

, plural ding·e an sich [ding, -, uh, ahn , zikh].

1. thing-in-itself.

Ding an sich

/ dɪŋ æn sɪk; dɪŋ an zɪç /

noun

1. philosophy the thing in itself

Example Sentences

As a philosopher, he is interesting for his criticism of the theory of the “thing-in-itself” (Ding-an-sich).

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We cannot know the thing as it is, the Ding-an-sich, in Kant's phrase.

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For Reality is no absent and dead, or statical, Ding-an-Sich.

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