| 单词 | being-in-itself | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeing-in-itself   being-in-itself  n.				 [originally after German Wesen an sich, also Wesen an sich selbst (1781 in Kant); in existentialist use (compare quot. 1962) after French en-soi, also être en-soi (1943 in Sartre); compare also German Ansichsein   and Insichsein   (see being-in-self n.)]			 		 (a) being as it intrinsically is, in contrast to how it appears to be;		 (b) being that lacks conscious awareness;		 (c) being as mere potentiality; (cf. being-in-self n.). ΚΠ 1798    tr.  I. Kant Ess. & Treat. I. 123  				That a thing as phenomenon..is subjected to certain laws, of which the very same, as a thing or a being in itself [Ger. als Ding oder Wesen an sich selbst], is independent, involves not the smallest contradiction. 1839    in  H. P. Tappan Rev. Edwards's ‘Inq. into Freedom of Will’ ii. 140  				There being but one substance which possesses being in itself, and the finite being that which participates of existence without possessing it in itself. 1854    J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic 525  				Our alleged ignorance of ‘Being in itself’. 1962    R. G. Olson Introd. Existentialism ii. 38  				In Sartre's system the noumenal world..is named ‘being-in-itself’ or sometimes simply ‘the in-itself’. 1989    R. Tong Feminist Thought vii. 196  				The distinction between Being-in-Itself and Being-for-Itself is useful in an analysis of the human person, particularly if we associate Being-in-Itself with the body. < as lemmas  | 
	
| 随便看 | 
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。