Associations to the word «Noumenon»

Wiktionary

NOUMENON, noun. (philosophy) In the philosophy of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and those whom he influenced, a thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind; a thing-in-itself, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.

Dictionary definition

NOUMENON, noun. The intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn