Word of the day: transcendent

History

The word began to be actively used by adherents of the philosophy of Neoplatonism. Its founder, Plotinus, believed that man will never know God, and God himself is a part of the Unified beginning of the world that is inaccessible to understanding. Everything that was related to the unknowable was called transcendental.

Later, the word began to be used without reference to philosophy: in today's understanding, the transcendent is that which cannot be touched or felt.

Antonym

"Immanent" is cognizable. Also, the concept of immanence means the connection between quality and the object, which is inherent in this quality. In other words, the immanent quality is an integral part of something.

What can be confused with

There is a concept similar in writing and sounding, but somewhat different in meaning, the concept of "transcendental" - according to Transcendental. - Kuznetsov's Explanatory Dictionary "Kuznetsov's Explanatory Dictionary", relating to the area of higher concepts comprehended by the mind (for example, truth, goodness). It is interesting that both concepts, "transcendental" and "transcendental", were introduced into philosophy and developed by the German thinker Immanuel Kant.

Usage examples

"In the next hour, a few more boats with friendly citizens tried to approach us, on which I finally worked out the transcendental stroke with an oar." Victor Pelevin, Batman Apollo.
"A simple shaman who has no training will not draw that way, no matter what transcendental experience he may have experienced." Alexander Volkov, "The Magic of Cave Galleries".
“Like any Islamic prayer, namaz is a mystical bridge between a person and his incomprehensible Creator; a bridge connecting earthly reality with its human dimension and the transcendental world of God, the Eternal and One Creator of all things. " Shamil Alyautdinov, "The Metaphysics of Islamic Prayer".