anstoss

[German ahn-shtaws]

noun, plural an·stös·se

[German ahn-shtœ-suh] /German ˈɑn ʃtœ sə/.

(in the philosophy of Fichte) any of the six successive steps by which the absolute ego attains self-knowledge.

Origin of anstoss

From the German word Anstoss impetus, collision

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for anstoss

Historical Examples of anstoss

Now, this op-positing of the Anstoss is the necessary condition of the practical ego, of the will.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3
Various