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Webster 1913 Edition
Noumenon
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Nou′me-non
(nou′mē̍-nŏn)
, Noun.
[NL. fr. Gr. [GREEK] the thing perceived, p. pr. pass. of [GREEK] to perceive, [GREEK] the mind.]
(Metaph.)
The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or
thing in itself
, which is distinguished from the phenomenon
through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; – so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.