noumenal
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of noumenal
First recorded in 1795–1805; noumen(on) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Kant distinguished the noumenal from the phenomenal ego.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce
Thus Kant distinguished the two selves as rational and empirical, just as he distinguished the two egos as the noumenal or real and the phenomenal from the metaphysical standpoint.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
Sir William Hamilton, following Reid, asserts a natural Realism, or noumenal existence within the phenomenal; but he utterly denies that either of these authenticates the Infinite and Absolute.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 by Various
It is not to be conceived of as anything occult or noumenal, but merely as a special mode of the uniformity of Nature or experience.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
No shekinah remains within for a mysterious "conscience" to inject into this fact-world insights drawn from a higher world of noumenal, or absolute, reality.
From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Rufus Matthew Jones
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