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ding an sich

[ ding ahn zikh ]

noun

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


Ding an sich

/ dɪŋ an zɪç; dɪŋ æn sɪk /

noun

  1. philosophy the thing in itself
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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