イデー

noun

idea

Philosophical term for an idea, often in the context of German idealism or related thought. Not a general-purpose word for 'idea' in everyday Japanese.

from German Idee

See also: 理念

• カントの哲てつ学がくでは、イデーは経けい験けんを超こえた理り性せいの概がい念ねんを指さす。

  In Kant's philosophy, 'Idee' refers to a concept of reason that transcends experience.