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Antithesis (ἈΝΤΊΘΕΣΙΣ)

ANTITESI (ἈΝΤΊΘΕΣΙΣ)

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ANTITHESIS (ἈΝΤΊΘΕΣΙΣ). - Opposition of meaning between two notions or judgments. The terminology is Aristotle's, in whose works "antithesis" has a generic scope, encompassing under itself both contradictory and contrary opposition (cf. De Interpr., ch. 7, 17 b 16; ibid., ch. 6, 17a, 33). In Kant it took on a more concrete meaning, denoting a proposition contradictorily opposed to the thesis, and of equal noetic value, whence the genesis of the antinomies of Pure Reason (cf. Critique of Pure Reason, Bari 1940, part 2, p. 344 ff.). In Fichte, Hegel, and in idealism generally, antithesis is the second dialectical moment of the Spirit

(I, Idea), by which the negation or opposition or contradiction is posited that will be resolved and superseded in the synthesis.

Ugo Viglino

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), coll. 1505–1506.

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Viglino, Ugo. “Antitesi (ἈΝΤΊΘΕΣΙΣ).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 1505–1506. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/antitesi-antithesis.

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Viglino, Ugo. “Antitesi (ἈΝΤΊΘΕΣΙΣ).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 1505–1506. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/antitesi-antithesis.

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  author    = {Viglino, Ugo},
  title     = {Antitesi (ἈΝΤΊΘΕΣΙΣ)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1505--1506},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/antitesi-antithesis}
}

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