Objectum

Japanese: objectum
Objectum

...Hobbes and Leibniz call the soul subjectum, but this is in the sense of the substrate that carries the senses, and there is no sense of "subjectivity." On the other hand, the word objectum literally means "something that is thrown over there," and in the Middle Ages and early modern times it meant a state in which external things were projected onto the mind or consciousness, and were represented, so to speak. For example, Descartes called realitas objectiva the content of phenomena that were represented as ideas, and at that time it was rather objectum that had the meaning of "something subjective." ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "objectum" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ホッブズやライプニッツは魂をsubjectumと呼んでいるが,それも感覚を担う基体という意味においてであり,そこには〈主観〉という意味合いはない。一方objectumという言葉も,字義どおりには〈向こうに投げられてあるもの〉という意味であり,中世や近代初期には,外部にある事物が心なり意識なりに投影され,いわば表象されてある状態を意味していた。たとえばデカルトがrealitas objectivaと呼ぶのは,観念として表象されてある事象内容のことであり,当時はむしろobjectumの方に〈主観的なもの〉という意味合いがあったのである。…

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