negation

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Of Negation; as, Nay, no, not, by no means, not at all, in no wise, &c.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

Speaking of Bruno's philosophy, he says: "I call it plainly the Negation of God, of that God, I mean, of whom I first heard at my mother's knee."

From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)

For truly, if we look into it, there is no more fruitless endeavour than this same, which the Metaphysician proper toils in: to educe Conviction out of Negation.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest

This is what Kant, less analytical than Hegel, has done, when, in distributing the Categories of Thought, he has contrasted Reality with Negation.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

They make the mistake, our modern free-versifiers, of thinking that Art can be founded on the Negation of Form.

From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by Powys, John Cowper