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  • 21Aristotle’s logic and metaphysics — Alan Code PART 1: LOGICAL WORKS OVERVIEW OF ARISTOTLE’S LOGIC The Aristotelian logical works are referred to collectively using the Greek term ‘Organon’. This is a reflection of the idea that logic is a tool or instrument of, though not… …

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  • 22Antipathies — Antipathy An*tip a*thy, n.; pl. {Antipathies}. [L. antipathia, Gr. ?; ? against + ? to suffer. Cf. F. antipathie. See {Pathos}.] 1. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste. [1913 Webster] Inveterate …

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  • 23Antipathy — An*tip a*thy, n.; pl. {Antipathies}. [L. antipathia, Gr. ?; ? against + ? to suffer. Cf. F. antipathie. See {Pathos}.] 1. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste. [1913 Webster] Inveterate… …

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  • 24antipathy — noun /ænˈtɪpəθi/ a) Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste. b) Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy. Syn …

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  • 25Repugnance — Re*pug nance ( nans), Repugnancy Re*pug nan*cy ( nan s?), n. [F. r[ e]pugnance, L. repugnantia.] The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness …

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  • 26Repugnancy — Repugnance Re*pug nance ( nans), Repugnancy Re*pug nan*cy ( nan s?), n. [F. r[ e]pugnance, L. repugnantia.] The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance;… …

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  • 27Robert Grudin — (born in 1938) is an American writer and philosopher.He is the author of the metafictional novel Book , Mighty Opposites: Shakespeare and Renaissance Contrariety , The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation , On Dialogue: An Essay in… …

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  • 28Hegelianism — /hay gay lee euh niz euhm, hi jee /, n. the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic. [1855 60; HEGELIAN + ISM] * * * Diversified philosophical movement that developed out of G. W. F. Hegel s… …

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  • 29antagonism — 1. Denoting mutual opposition in action between structures, agents, diseases, or physiologic processes. Cf.:synergism. 2. The situation in which the combined effect of two or more factors is smaller than the solitary effect of any one of the… …

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  • 30antithesis — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. contrast, opposition. See difference. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Opposition] Syn. contrast, contradiction, contraposition, contrariety; see contrast 2 . 2. [Opposite] Syn. direct opposite, reverse,… …

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