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transmental, a. (n.) rare.|trɑːnsˈmɛntəl, træns-| [f. trans- 3 + L. mens, ment-em mind: cf. mental.] Existing beyond the mind; independent of or apart from human thought or perception; as n., a transmental existence or reality.
1905–6W. James in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. lxxvii. 446 That an idea represents an ‘object’ may mean that it represents something..Trans-mental altogether, as when it is said to be altogether ‘un⁓knowable’. 1907Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 17 Jan. 45 Should the reply be that some sort of transmental is implied, I would gladly recant, even though Professor James should still insist that the nature of that transmental is irrelevant to all human interests, even the most intellectual. |