それ自体

それじたい【それ自体】

in itself; | per se; for its own sake.

●働くことそれ自体が人生の目的なのだ. Work for its own sake is the end and aim of life.

●計画それ自体には反対ではない. I am not opposed to the plan as such.

●それ自体の重みで倒れる fall of [under] its own weight.

物それ自体 〔カント哲学の〕 the thing in itself. <▲> 〖G〗 das Ding an sich の訳.