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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]]. | + | 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> | + | <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] | + | 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] |
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| [[Category: Psychology]] | | [[Category: Psychology]] |
| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |