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Single Idea 608

[filed under theme 2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 4. Contraries ]

Full Idea

With contradiction there can be no intermediate state, whereas with contrariety there can be.

Gist of Idea

There is no middle ground in contradiction, but there is in contrariety

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1055b02)

Book Ref

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.298