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Definitions of Some Words used in

Arthur Schopenhauer's

The World as Will and Representation

vol I

Definitions from Websters Dictionary - with a few modifications

Some words in Schopenhauer's Philosophy

Word	Pronunciation	Function	Meaning	Etymology	Date	Misc
phenomenon	feh NAH men on	noun	a: an object or aspect known through the senses rather than by thought or intuition b: a spatio-temporal object of sensory experience	from Greek phainomenos, present participle of phainesthai to appear, middle voice of phainein to show	1605	Pl: phenomena feh NAH men uh
noumenon	NOO men on	noun	a posited object or event as it is in itself, independent of perception by the senses	from Greek nooumenon, that which is apprehended by thought, from noein to think, conceive, from nous mind	1796	Pl: noumena NOO men uh
a priori	AH pree OAR ee	adjective	Being without examination or analysis: presumptive	Latin, literally, from the former	1652
a posteriori	ah POST er ee OAR ee	adjective	Relating to or derived by reasoning from observed facts	Latin, literally, from the latter	1588
etiology	ee tee AH luh jee	noun	a. Cause, origin; specifically: all of the causes of a disease or abnormal condition b. a branch of knowledge concerned with causes	Medieval Latin aetiologia, statement of causes, from Greek aitiologia, from aitia cause	1555
morphology	mor FALL uh jee	noun	a branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and plants; a study of structure or form	German Morphologie, from morph- (form, shape) + -logie ­logy	1830
idea	aye DEE uh	noun	a transcendent entity that is a real pattern of which existing things are imperfect representations		14th century