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antinomy

[an-tin-uh-mee] / ænˈtɪn ə mi /




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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

But it is precisely because Christianity alone of all religions recognises both needs that it transcends the antinomy.

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

The argument coincides with that by which the thesis of the fourth antinomy is supposed.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

TIN SWE Rangoon, Burma Sir: Although I am not a Buddhist, I interpreted your article on the subject as an unregenerate evaluation of the antinomies of a great religion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many problems facing the church in Asian countries today stem as much from changing social and cultural conditions as they do from traditional antinomies.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it is obvious that by emphasizing only the negative element in his philosophy, it is possible to use his antinomies as powerful weapons in the cause of scepticism and nihilism.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace

There are four of these antinomies, or conflicts.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

The above illustration of Kant's antinomies has only been introduced in order to show the relevance of the problem of infinity to the problem of the reality of objects of sense.

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Bertrand Russell




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