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noun

Antinomy n. (pl. antinomies)

Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule. "Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful."

An opposing law or rule of any kind. "As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute."

(Metaph.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Mercy, Absolute Power or Strength to do even what is most unjust and unwise, and Absolute Wisdom that makes it impossible to do it; Right and Duty. They were the columns of the intellectual and moral world, the monumental hieroglyph of the antinomy necessary to ...

— Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry • Albert Pike

... of love, which may be excellent for isolated families living alone after the manner of wild beasts, is in no way adapted to a society of which all the members are responsible. This is a point we must insist upon. There is certainly a real antinomy which is difficult to reconcile between this dual egoism of exclusive and concentrated love and social solidarity or human altruism. The problem is not insoluble, but we must admit that the solution ...

— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel

... transcendentalism that I have been led to examine this modern mystery, equipped as it is with such portentous phenomena. Diabolism is, of course, a transcendental question, and black magic is connected with white by the same antinomy that connects light and darkness. Moreover, we mystics are all to some extent accused by the accusations which are preferred in the matter of modern diabolism, and this is another reason for investigating and making known the result. At the same time, the general question has many aspects of ...

— Devil-Worship in France - or The Question of Lucifer • Arthur Edward Waite

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