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idea of pure reason
[ ahy-dee-uhuhv pyoor-ree-zuhn ]
/ aɪˈdi ə əv ˈpyʊər ˈri zən /
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noun Kantianism.
any of the three undemonstrable entities (a personal soul, a cosmos, and a supreme being) implicit in the fact of a subject and an object of knowledge, and in the need for some principle uniting them.Compare ideal of pure reason.
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Origin of idea of pure reason
First recorded in 1810–20
Words nearby idea of pure reason
ideal of pure reason, ideal point, ideal type, idea man, ideamonger, idea of pure reason, ideas of reference, ideate, ideation, ideational, ideatum
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