anstoss

[ German ahn-shtaws ]

noun

, plural an·stös·se [ahn, -sht, œ, -s, uh].

1. (in the philosophy of Fichte) any of the six successive steps by which the absolute ego attains self-knowledge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anstoss¹

From the German word Anstoss impetus, collision

Example Sentences

Now, this op-positing of the Anstoss is the necessary condition of the practical ego, of the will.

From Project Gutenberg

The contradiction can only be suppressed if the ego itself opposes to itself the non-ego, places it as an Anstoss or plane on which its own activity breaks and from which it is reflected.

From Project Gutenberg