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Anschauung

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[ahn-shou-oong, -uhng] / ˈɑn ʃaʊˌʊŋ, -əŋ /

noun

Philosophy.
  1. direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.


Etymology

Origin of Anschauung

1855–60; < German: view, equivalent to anschau ( en ) to view ( an- on, at + schauen to look) + -ung -ing 1

Example Sentences

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K. Rieker: "Staat und Kirche nach lutherischer, reformierter, moderner Anschauung," Hist.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

We are in need of a word which has the same meaning as the German word, Anschauung, for which there is no popular equivalent in English.

From The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart by McMurry, Charles Alexander

There was "reine Anschauung," pure perception; it happened when you looked at beautiful things.

From Mary Olivier: a Life by Sinclair, May

The fundamental difference between Hölderlin's "Anschauung" and Goethe's is at once apparent when we recall the "Lied der Parzen" from "Iphigenie."

From Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry by Braun, Wilhelm Alfred