アンジッヒ

noun

in itself; an sich

A philosophical term borrowed from German, used in discussions of Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy. Often contrasted with 即自 (そくじ) or used alongside it. Primarily encountered in academic texts.

wasei (Japanese coinage from German), from an sich

See also: 即自

• カントの「物ぶつ自じ体たい」は、アンジッヒとしての存そん在ざいを指さす。

  Kant's 'thing-in-itself' refers to existence as 'an sich'.

• ヘーゲルはアンジッヒと即そく自じの概がい念ねんを区く別べつした。

  Hegel distinguished between the concepts of 'an sich' and 'in itself'.