
ABSTRACTION Reference library
Alain de Libera
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ CATEGORY, EPOCHÊ, ESSENCE, FICTION, IMAGINATION, INTELLECTUS, INTENTION, NEGATION, NOTHING, REALITY

ABSURD Reference library
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
The absurd is what is dissonant or is not heard (cf. Lat. surdus), and is defined as a discord

ACEDIA (SPANISH) Reference library
José Miguel Marinas
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ MALAISE [MELANCHOLY, SPLEEN], and DASEIN, DESENGAÑO, OIKEIÔSIS, SORGE, VERGÜENZA
Through the intermediary

ACT Reference library
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
“Act” comes from Latin actum, the nominalized passive past participle of agere, which means “to push ahead of

ACTOR Reference library
Marco Baschera and Jacqueline Lichtenstein (I)
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ ACT, MIMÊSIS, PATHOS, PERSON, PRAXIS, SUBJECT
In seventeenth-century French, the word acteur still referred

AESTHETICS Reference library
Marc Jimenez
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ ART, BEAUTY, EPISTEMOLOGY, ERSCHEINUNG, GOÛT, PERCEPTION, SENSE
Because of its etymology, the term

AFFORDANCE Reference library
Joëlle Proust
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ DISPOSITION and ACT, ANIMAL, BEHAVIOR, CONSCIOUSNESS, LEIB, Box 1, PERCEPTION, REPRÉSENTATION,

AGENCY Reference library
Étienne Balibar and Sandra Laugier
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ ACT, and ACTOR, ENGLISH, FORCE, INTENTION, LIBERTY, PATHOS, PRAXIS, SOUL,

AIÔN (GREEK) Reference library
Éric Alliez
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ ETERNITY, TIME, and DASEIN, ERLEBEN, EVIGHED, GOD, HISTORIA UNIVERSALIS, HISTORY, LEIB

ALLIANCE Reference library
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
This is the traditional French translation of Hebrew běrit [בְרִּית] which designates the covenant between the people and

ANALOGY Reference library
Alain de Libera
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ COMPARISON, CONNOTATION, GOD, HOMONYM, IMAGE, LOGOS, PARONYM, PREDICATION, SENSE, SIGN

ANIMAL Reference library
Natalie Depraz
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ AFFORDANCE, LEIB, LIFE/LEBEN, LOGOS, NATURE, PHANTASIA, SOUL, SUBJECT
Today, we tend to

ANSCHAULICHKEIT (GERMAN) Reference library
Catherine Chevalley
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ INTUITION and ANALOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY, ERSCHEINUNG, PERCEPTION, REPRÉSENTATION, SACHVERHALT, SIGN
Since the 1930s the

ANXIETY Reference library
Pascal David
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ CARE, DASEIN, IL Y A, MALAISE, NEGATION, NOTHING, SORGE, TO BE
The

APPEARANCE Reference library
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
The word “appearance” is ambiguous from the outset, since it sometimes points toward the phenomenon, the objectivity of what appears

APPROPRIATION Reference library
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
1. “Appropriation,” borrowed from Late Latin appropriatio, was used especially in medicine (in the sense of assimilation) and in

ARGUTEZZA (ITALIAN) Reference library
Jean-François Groulier
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ WITTICISM, AND BAROQUE, COMPARISON, CONCETTO, GENIUS, GOÛT, IMAGE, IMAGINATION, INGENIUM,

ART Reference library
Dominique Chateau
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ AESTHETICS, BEAUTY, BILDUNG, GENIUS, GOÛT, INGENIUM, MIMÊSIS, NATURE, PHANTASIA, TABLEAU

ASPECT Reference library
Sarah de Voguë, Rémi Camus, Maryse Dennes, Ilse Depraetere, Sylvie Mellet, Albert Rijksbaron, and Maria Tzevelekou
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ TIME, and ESTI, JETZTZEIT, LANGUAGE, MOMENT, PRESENT, SPEECH ACT, TO BE
The

ATTUALITÀ (ITALIAN) Reference library
Charles AlunniI
Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon
➤ ACT, and AGENCY, AUFHEBEN, ESSENCE, ESTI, FORCE, ITALIAN, PRAXIS, REALITY,