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PAR'ADOi (from wapcaotes, to received opinion") Is a ------- — term applial to a propmition which is opposed to the general belief, or to cme which appears at first sight to contradict some previously ulcer. tainel truth. The nature of a paradox and the distinction between it mad a contradiction is clearly explained In the following sentence from Wallop Henley's 19th Sermon :—" When two distinct propositions are separately proved, each by its proper evidence, it Is not a rosson for denying either, that the human mind, upon the first hasty view, imagines a repugnance, and may perhaps find a difficulty in connecting them, even after the distinct proof of each is clearly perceived and understood. There is a wide difference between a paradox and a con. tradiction. Both, Indeed, consist of two distinct propoeitione, and so far only are they alike; for of the two parts of a contradiction, the one or the other must necessarily be false : of a paradox, both aro often tare, and yet, when proved to be true, they continuo paradoxical.
This le the necessary consequence of our partial vieiv of things. An intellect to which nothing should be paradoxical would be infinite. . . . . In all these caeca there is generally in the nature of things a limit to each of the two contrasted propositions, beyond which neither can be extended without implying the falsehood of the other, and changing the paradox into a contradiction ; and the whole difficulty of perceiving the connection and agreement between such propositions arises from this circumstance, that by some inattention of the mind these limits are overlooked." This word was also used by the Greeks for a remarkable saying. Cicero, in his work entitled ' Paradosa; illustrates six of these para doxes, borrowed from the Creek stoics. These propoeitions are the following :-1. The honourable is the only good. 2. Virtue is sufficient for happiness. 3. All sins and right actions are equal. 4. Every fool Is in.uL 5. The wise man alone is free, and every fool is a slave. 6. The wise man alone is rich.