antinomy

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Philosophers similarly examined the antinomy of the individual and the group, shaped by the periods of history and the dialectic.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2021

“The essay is structurally flawed by a false antinomy, an either/or scenario doomed to generate opinions rather than dialogue. Anyway, who wants to have an argument that only has two sides?”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2019

When Heidl is willing to talk to Kehlmann, he talks in a qualmless gala of paranoia and parentheses, of non sequitur and evasion, of conspiracy and antinomy, of sundered sermons.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2018

Altruism and Egoism.—Properly understood, altruism and egoism do not form an antinomy, or only quite a relative antinomy.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

The antinomy we are considering arises from considering one side of the truth in a false abstraction from the other.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)