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Antithesis

Antithesis (pl.: antitheses; Greek for "setting opposite", from ἀντι- "against" and θέσις "placing") is used in writing or speech either as a proposition that contrasts with or reverses some previously mentioned proposition, or when two opposites are introduced together for contrasting effect.

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Rhetorical antithesis

RhetoricalRhetorica ad HerenniumAlexandrumIdeasWords
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Rhetorical examples

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The "Antitheses" in St Matthew's Gospel

Sermon on the MountJesusMosaic LawProtestantMarcion of Sinope
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In philosophical discussion

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Rhetorical antithesis

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Antithesis → figure of speech involving seeming contradictory ideas, juxtaposition of contrasting ideas
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Antithesis → Lysis, Plato's Euthydemus

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