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anstoss

American

[ahn-shtaws] / ˈɑn ʃtɔs /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

anstösse

plural

Etymology

Origin of anstoss

From the German word Anstoss impetus, collision

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