antinomies

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antinomies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Antinomy \An*tin"o*my\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Antinomies. [L.
     antinomia, Gr. ?; 'anti` against + ? law.]
     1. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
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              Different commentators have deduced from it the very
              opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent
              antinomy is doubtful.                 --De Quincey.
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     2. An opposing law or rule of any kind.
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              As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. (Metaph.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or
        language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a
        contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the
        ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are
        appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of
        experience.
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