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感性界 (かんせいかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

感かん性せい界かい

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Meanings

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noun

realm of the senses; sensible world; material world

Philosophical term, often used in contrast to the intelligible or spiritual world. Refers to the world as perceived through the senses.

感かん性せい界かいと叡えい智ち界かいの区く別べつは、プラトン哲てつ学がくの重じゅう要ようなテーマだ。
The distinction between the realm of the senses and the intelligible world is an important theme in Platonic philosophy.

彼かれは感かん性せい界かいの現げん象しょうだけを研けん究きゅう対たい象しょうとした。

He limited his research to phenomena of the sensible world.

Kanji

感emotion, feeling, sensation
性sex, gender, nature
界world, boundary

Similar words

叡えい智ち界かい
叡智界 refers to the intelligible or spiritual world, often contrasted with 感性界, the world of sensory experience.
現げん象しょう界かい
現象界 is a broader term for the phenomenal world, while 感性界 specifically emphasizes perception through the senses.

Etymology

Compound of 感性 (sensibility, sensitivity) and 界 (world, realm). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a modern philosophical term likely coined to translate Western concepts such as 'mundus sensibilis'.