antinomy

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Philosophers similarly examined the antinomy of the individual and the group, shaped by the periods of history and the dialectic.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2021

“The essay is structurally flawed by a false antinomy, an either/or scenario doomed to generate opinions rather than dialogue. Anyway, who wants to have an argument that only has two sides?”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2019

When Heidl is willing to talk to Kehlmann, he talks in a qualmless gala of paranoia and parentheses, of non sequitur and evasion, of conspiracy and antinomy, of sundered sermons.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2018

I confess it looks like it; I have had to face the antinomy.

From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)

That it is not an antinomy of religious feeling is shown by the fact that the two needs exist, that is to say, are both felt.

From An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion by Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)