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German to English Philosophy Translation Glossary

German term English translation
(um wie...) ins Wort zu reden speak against / counter
auf den Leib zugeschnitten goes hand in hand with / a perfect/born bedfellow etc.
auf Tod und Leben inescapably
aufheben (here) give license to dispense with, invalidate, negate, abrogate
Auflösung der Geschlechter gender deconstruction
aufputschen stir up
aus seinem Schatten heraustreten can rise and step out of their darkness/step into the light
Ausbildung - Bildung training - education
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Auslegeordnung interpretation
Entered by: monbuckland
autorisierende Größe validating entity / legitimising value
Entered by: Helen Shiner
öffentliches Denken public thinking
Bündnis von Ungleichen a marriage of opposites
Entered by: jsolis
bedeuten / bezeichnen to mean / to signify
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Bestimmungsgrund basis / determinant /determining factor
Bibliothek (here) (personal) library
Entered by: Hermien Desaivre
Bildungsgut educational baggage/package, general education
Chörten chorten
Da wächst die Seele, in konzentrischen Kreisen, göttlichen Sphären zu The soul spirals upward(s), soaring to the realm of gods
das Aufgehobensein in [...] being/feeling at home in / at peace with / supported by [...]
das Ereignishafte the events
das gemeine Wesen polity / commonwealth
Definitionsmacht power of definition/ definatory power
den Splitter im fremden Auge, aber nicht den Balken im eigenen sehen seeing the speck/mote that is in the other's eye, but failing to notice the log/beam/plank that is in your eye
Denkbemühung mental endeavour
Denken thinking
der in die Fesseln seines eigenen Denkens sklavisch eingeschlagene Wilde the savage (primitive man), chained as a slave to his (own) way of thinking
dieser und dieser any given
Entered by: Helen Shiner
differentia specifica differentia specifica
Differenzlogik difference logic
Dressat (phil/psych) acquired behaviour scheme
Eine Religion, die der Vernunft unbedenklich den Krieg ankündigt... a religion which rashly declares war on reason
Entered by: Helen Shiner
Eins-Werden convergence
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Einsicht des Denkens to obtain insight/understanding
emporringen pushing to the fore
Entgrenzung delimitation
Episteme episteme
Erkenntnisinteresse conceptual interests
erkenntnisleitend illuminating / revelatory / in the quest for new or more knowledge / [the] central [question]
Entered by: Helen Shiner
Ethik tut Not? Is/ Are ethics necessary?/ Do we need ethics?
ethisch-kritisch ethical-critical
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