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Webster 1913 Edition
Apperception
Apˊper-cep′tion
,Noun.
[Pref.
ad-
+ perception
: cf. F. apperception
.] (Metaph.)
The mind’s perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.
Leibnitz. Reid.
This feeling has been called by philosophers the
apperception
or consciousness of our own existence. Sir W. Hamilton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apperception
APPERCEP'TION
,Noun.
Perception that reflects upon itself; consciousness.