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transcendental 1. (in the philosophy of Kant) a. (of a judgment or logical deduction) being both synthetic and a priori b. of or relating to knowledge of the presuppositions of thought 2. Philosophy beyond our experience of phenomena, although not beyond potential knowledge 3. Theol surpassing the natural plane of reality or knowledge; supernatural or mystical How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| We Russians, speaking generally, have never had those foolish transcendental "romantics"--German, and still more French--on whom nothing produces any effect; if there were an earthquake, if all France perished at the barricades, they would still be the same, they would not even have the decency to affect a change, but would still go on singing their transcendental songs to the hour of their death, because they are fools. And if anything about this chapter should seem to contradict the high ideals of the chapter preceding it, I can only say that, though the episode should not rigidly fulfil the conditions of the transcendental, nothing could have been more characteristic of that early youth to which I had vowed myself. To Maggie and the rest of the audience this was transcendental realism. |
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