Synonyms for noumena
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noo-muh-non |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnu məˌnɒn |
Top 10 synonyms for noumena Other synonyms for the word noumena
- anima
- animating principle
- animation
- animus
- ardor
- bosom
- bottom
- breast
- breath of life
- cause
- disposition
- elan vital
- essence
- fervor
- force
- individuality
- marrow
- nobility
- noumenon
- personality
- pith
- pneuma
- principle
- quintessence
- reason
- recesses of heart
- secret self
- spirit
- spiritual being
- stuff
- substance
- thought
- vital force
- vitality
- vivacity
Définition of noumena
Origin :- 1796, "object of intellectual intuition" (opposed to a phenomenon), term introduced by Kant, from Greek noumenon "that which is perceived," neuter passive present participle of noein "to apprehend, perceive by the mind" (from noos "mind"). With passive suffix -menos.
- As in soul : noun psyche, inspiration, energy
- Aries Tottle's mode, in a word, was based on noumena; Hog's on phenomena.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
- Does Mr. Mill really suppose that all noumena are self-existent?
- Extract from : « The Philosophy of the Conditioned » by H. L. Mansel
- There is the world of appearance (phenomena), and there is the world of reality or substance (noumena).
- Extract from : « Theism or Atheism » by Chapman Cohen
- We may begin with the passages in the chapter on phenomena and noumena.
- Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
- All noumena are there before we arrive at an understanding of them.
- Extract from : « The Unthinking Destroyer » by Roger Phillips
- The difficulty arises from a confusion between the spheres of phenomena and noumena.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 » by Various
- Positive science deals only with phenomena, yet you are foolish enough to strive to be ontologists and to deal with noumena.
- Extract from : « Martin Eden » by Jack London
- Nor have we any right to reason from phenomena to noumena, or to say that the former authenticate the latter.
- Extract from : « Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. July, 1863, No. LXIX. » by Various
- Though it reappears in the chapter on phenomena and noumena, it does so in a passage which Kant excised in the second edition.
- Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
- We may not therefore assert the existence of noumena, but we must none the less form to ourselves the concept of them.
- Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
Antonyms for noumena
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