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==Origin==
 
==Origin==
The original notion appears to have been ‘internal [[sight]]’, i.e. with the [[eyes of the mind]] or [[understanding]] (see in adv. 12c). Compare the same use of in- in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''inwit'' (sometimes an equivalent of insight ), and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''inȝehyȝd'' , ''inȝeþanc'' , etc. But subsequently there arose a tendency to [[analyze]] the [[word]] as [[sight]] or seeing into a [[thing]] or subject, although even so there usually remained the notion of [[penetrating]] into things or seeing beneath their [[surface]] with the eyes of the [[understanding]].
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The original notion appears to have been ‘internal [[sight]]’, i.e. with the [[eyes of the mind]] or [[understanding]] (see in adv. 12c). Compare the same use of in- in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''inwit'' (sometimes an equivalent of insight ), and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''inȝehyȝd'' , ''inȝeþanc'' , etc. But subsequently there arose a tendency to [[analyze]] the [[word]] as [[sight]] or seeing into a [[thing]] or subject, although even so there usually remained the notion of [[penetrating]] into things or seeing beneath their [[surface]] with the eyes of the [[understanding]].
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Insight''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Insight this link].</center>
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<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Insight''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Insight this link].</center>
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==
 
# A sight or view of the [[interiority|interior]] of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
 
# A sight or view of the [[interiority|interior]] of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
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*'''''[[Hindsight]]'''''
 
*'''''[[Hindsight]]'''''
 
==Quote==
 
==Quote==
The [[finite]] [[dimensions]] of [[personality]] have to do with [[cosmic]] length, depth, and breadth. Length denotes [[meaning]]; depth signifies [[value]]; breadth embraces ''insight'' — the capacity to [[experience]] unchallengeable [[consciousness]] of cosmic [[reality]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=112:1_Personality_and_Reality]
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The [[finite]] [[dimensions]] of [[personality]] have to do with [[cosmic]] length, depth, and breadth. Length denotes [[meaning]]; depth signifies [[value]]; breadth embraces ''insight'' — the capacity to [[experience]] unchallengeable [[consciousness]] of cosmic [[reality]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=112:1_Personality_and_Reality]
    
[[Category: Psychology]]
 
[[Category: Psychology]]
 
[[Category: General Reference]]
 
[[Category: General Reference]]

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