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独我論 (どくがろん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

独どく我が論ろん

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Meanings

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solipsism

Philosophical term for the view that only one's own mind is sure to exist.

独どく我が論ろんは、自じ分ぶん以い外がいの心こころの存そん在ざいを疑うたがう哲てつ

Kanji

独single, alone, spontaneously
我ego, I, selfish
論argument, discourse

Etymology

Compound of 独 (alone, single), 我 (self, ego), and 論 (theory, argument). The term is a direct translation of the Western philosophical concept 'solipsism'.

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Solipsism is a philosophical position that doubts the existence of minds other than one's own.