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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites

[concepts held to be totally opposed to each other]

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Beautiful harmony comes from things that are in opposition to one another [Heraclitus]
A thing can have opposing tensions but be in harmony, like a lyre [Heraclitus]
Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]
If everything is made of opposites, are the opposed things made of opposites? [Aristotle]
Not everything is composed of opposites; what, for example, is the opposite of matter? [Aristotle]