即そく自じ

noun

in itself

Philosophical term, often used in Hegelian or existentialist contexts to describe being as it is independently of external relations or consciousness. Contrasts with 対自 (for-itself).

• ヘーゲル哲てつ学がくでは、即そく自じと対たい自じの区く別べつが重じゅう要ようである。

  In Hegelian philosophy, the distinction between in-itself and for-itself is important.