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Look up: aporia

  1. Aporia
    expression of doubt (often feigned) by which a speaker appears uncertain as to what he should think, say, or do.
    *Then the steward said within himself, 'What shall I do?' Luke 16
    *Demosthenes, On the Crown 129
    Found on http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.

  2. Aporia
    A·po'ri·a noun ; plural Aporias [ Latin , doubt, Greek ..., from ... without passage, at a loss; 'a priv. + ... passage.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/104

  3. aporia
    Doubt, especially deriving from incompatible views on the same subject. ... Origin: G. Aporia, difficulty, doubt ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. Aporia
    • (n.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  5. aporia
    Explained by Samuel Johnson, in his great dictionary (1755), as 'a figure in rhetorick, by which the speaker shews, that he doubts where to begin for the multitude of matter, or what to say in some strange and ambiguous thing; and doth, as it were, argue the case with himself.'
    Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_r

  6. Aporia
    (Gr. aporla) A theoretical difficulty or puzzle. -- G.R.M.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/a.html

  7. Aporia
    `Aporia` (ἀπορία-->: impasse; lack of resources; puzzlement; doubt; confusion) denotes, in philosophy, a philosophical puzzle or state of puzzlement, and, in rhetoric, a rhetorically useful expression of doubt. Definitions: Definitions of the ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporia

  8. Aporia
    (genus) `Aporia`, also called as the Black-veined Whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies found in the Palearctic region.<ref name="Aporia archive tolweb">--> References:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporia

  9. Aporia
    (disambiguation) `Aporia` denotes, in philosophy, a philosophical puzzle or state of puzzlement, and, in rhetoric, a rhetorically useful expression of doubt. `Aporia` may also refer to:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporia



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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