things-in-themselves

A form of thing-in-itself — A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of thing-in-itself
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