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.

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