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Thing in itself

Immanuel Kant

Phraseologism: The thing in itself.

Meaning: 1. Something secret, incomprehensible, mysterious. 2. A certain "thing" (for example, a mechanism, apparatus), about which it is difficult for a non-professional to say anything definite (ironic). 3. About a secretive, closed person (jokingly).

Origin: From German: Das Ding in sich. A literal translation of a well-known concept from the work "Critique of Pure Reason" (1781) by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). The philosopher means supernatural phenomena and essences that are inaccessible to human experience (research) - God, some moral categories, etc.

Random phraseology:

Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.

Meaning:

About God's Judgment.

Origin:

From the Bible (Church Slavonic text). Translation: "Vengeance lies on me, and it will come from me (in the sense: vengeance is not for human judgment)." Found in the Old Testament (Fifth Book of Moses) and the New Testament (The Epistle to the Romans of the Apostle Paul, 12:19): "Do not avenge yourself, beloved, but give place to the wrath of God. For it is written: Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord" . This text was used by Leo Tolstoy as an epigraph to the novel "Anna Karenina".

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