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Page 117
... reversal , Pyrrhonism is again placed in the po- sition of truth , and dogmatism , left powerless to respond , in the position of error . This is by no means the final reversal , for the silence of dogmatism is only provisional . The ...
... reversal , Pyrrhonism is again placed in the po- sition of truth , and dogmatism , left powerless to respond , in the position of error . This is by no means the final reversal , for the silence of dogmatism is only provisional . The ...
Page 118
... reversal and negation is infinite , there is the consequent and necessary effect of drawing the opposing poles together within a single , underlying unity that constitutes man . Although each reversal effects an exchange of the ...
... reversal and negation is infinite , there is the consequent and necessary effect of drawing the opposing poles together within a single , underlying unity that constitutes man . Although each reversal effects an exchange of the ...
Page 133
... reversal that we have traced thus far and beyond in a movement that it defines as hierar- chically graded : Gradation . Le peuple honore les personnes de grande nais- sance . Les demi - habiles les méprisent , disant que la naissance n ...
... reversal that we have traced thus far and beyond in a movement that it defines as hierar- chically graded : Gradation . Le peuple honore les personnes de grande nais- sance . Les demi - habiles les méprisent , disant que la naissance n ...
Contents
Logic and Rhetoric | 1 |
Natures Visibility | 37 |
Persuasion | 72 |
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Pascal and Rhetoric: Figural and Persuasive Language in the Scientific ... Erec R. Koch Limited preview - 1997 |
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