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idea of pure reason — 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. Cf. ideal of pure reason … Useful english dictionary
ideal of pure reason — Kantianism. God, seen as an idea of pure reason unifying the personal soul with the cosmos. * * * … Universalium
ideal of pure reason — Kantianism. God, seen as an idea of pure reason unifying the personal soul with the cosmos … Useful english dictionary
Critique of Pure Reason — Part of a series on Immanuel … Wikipedia
idea — idealess, adj. /uy dee euh, uy deeeu /, n. 1. any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity. 2. a thought, conception, or notion: That is an excellent idea. 3. an impression: He gave me a general… … Universalium
idea — n. 1 a conception or plan formed by mental effort (have you any ideas?; had the idea of writing a book). 2 a a mental impression or notion; a concept. b a vague belief or fancy (had an idea you were married; had no idea where you were). 3 an… … Useful english dictionary
idea — noun 1》 a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action. ↘a mental impression. ↘a belief. 2》 (the idea) the aim or purpose of an action. 3》 Philosophy (in Platonic thought) an eternally existing pattern of which individual… … English new terms dictionary
idea — (Gk., eidos, visible form) A notion stretching all the way from one pole, where it denotes a subjective, internal presence in the mind, somehow thought of as representing something about the world, to the other pole, where it represents an… … Philosophy dictionary
idea — n. 1. [In the Platonic philosophy.] Archetype (conceived of as existing from eternity), pattern, model, exemplar, form, essence (common to many individual things and represented by a general term), creative or self active ideal. 2. [In the… … New dictionary of synonyms
Pure mathematics — Broadly speaking, pure mathematics is mathematics motivated entirely for reasons other than application. It is distinguished by its rigour, abstraction and beauty. From the eighteenth century onwards, this was a recognized category of… … Wikipedia
