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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

I must point out the common error of many physicians, who do not understand the psychological nature of hypnotism, and who place it, like Dubois, in antinomy with psychotherapy.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel

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 F. B. (Frank Byron) Jevons

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

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

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

The first of the antinomies is also the most impressive.

From Naturalism And Religion by Rudolf Otto

These struggles and discords correspond to radical oppositions—deep-seated antinomies between the various interests.

From Socialism by John Stuart Mill




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