entdecken

Japanese: entdecken
entdecken

…It is generally understood that something previously unknown becomes known for the first time, and that the act of “removing the cover” is involved, as in the English word “discover,” the French word “decouvre,” and the German word “entdecken.” This is based on the idea that facts and laws in nature exist “objectively,” and that the reason they were unknown until now is simply because no one had removed the cover that had concealed them from human eyes. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一般には,これまで知られていなかったものが,初めて知られるようになることで,英語のdiscover,フランス語のdecouvre,ドイツ語のentdeckenなどがすべてそうであるように,〈覆いを取り除く〉という行為がかかわる,という了解がある。これは,自然にある事実や法則は本来〈客観的〉に実在し,それがこれまで知られていなかったのは,単にそれを人の目から覆い隠していた覆いをだれも取り除かなかったからだ,という考え方に基づいているといえる。…

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