thing-in-itself
本身的东西,本身的事物,本身的事,本身的事情
Definitions
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plural things-in-them·selves [thingz-in-thuhm-selvz]. /ˌθɪŋz ɪn ðəmˈsɛlvz/. Kantianism.
- : reality as it is apart from experience; what remains to be postulated after space, time, and all the categories of the understanding are assigned to consciousness.Compare noumenon.
Examples
Since the 1950s, fluoride has adapted itself to the prevailing concerns of the time.
There is no such thing as speech so hateful or offensive it somehow “justifies” or “legitimizes” the use of violence.
“They sure took the Sony thing seriously,” Attkisson said dryly.
But the other thing that needs to be done is for us citizens to do.
No one seems to know who that is—or why they would want to do such a thing.
"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
This mania for correction shows itself too in relation to the authorities themselves.
That it is a reasonable and proper thing to ask our statesmen and politicians: what is going to happen to the world?
This is one of the most striking manifestations of the better side of child-nature and deserves a chapter to itself.
The well-worn aphorism of the Frenchman, “History repeats itself,” was about to assert itself.