Associations to the word «Noumenon»

Wiktionary

NOUMENON, noun. (philosophy) In the philosophy of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and those whom he influenced, a thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind; a thing-in-itself, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.

Dictionary definition

NOUMENON, noun. The intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception.

Wise words

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle