anstoss

[ German ahn-shtaws ]

noun,plural an·stös·se [German ahn-shtœ-suh]. /German ˈɑn ʃtœ sə/.
  1. (in the philosophy of Fichte) any of the six successive steps by which the absolute ego attains self-knowledge.

Origin of anstoss

1
From the German word Anstoss impetus, collision

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