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Aporia

In philosophy, an aporia (Ancient Greek: ᾰ̓πορῐ́ᾱ, romanized: aporíā, lit. '"lacking passage", also: "impasse", "difficulty in passage", "puzzlement"') is a conundrum or state of puzzlement. In rhetoric, it is a declaration of doubt, made for rhetorical purpose and often feigned. The notion of an aporia is principally found in ancient Greek philosophy…

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related to Sources · 35
Aporia → Andrew, Aporetics, Beyond Aporia, Cambridge MA, Date, Early Plato, Greek Grammar, Handbook, Harmon, Harvard University Press, Herbert Weir, In Benjamin, ISBN, Judson, Karasmanis, Kofman, Literature, London, Nicholas, Oxford University Press
related to Modern usage · 11
Aporia → Aporetics, Contemporary, Face, In, Inconsistency, Nicholas Rescher, Preface, Rational Deliberation, Rescher, Rescher's, The
related to Ancient Greek philosophy · 9
Aporia → After, Book Beta, Greek, In, In Aristotle's Metaphysics, In Plato's Meno, Metaphysics, Plato's, Socrates
related to Rhetoric · 4
Aporia → Demosthenes, For, On The Crown, One
related to Philosophy · 2
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Aporia → philosophical puzzle or a seemingly irresoluble impasse in an inquiry

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