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paradox

paradox A paradox is an apparently conflicting situation or line of thought in which two claims both seem to hold, yet they pull against each other.

A paradox is an apparently conflicting situation or line of thought in which two claims both seem to hold, yet they pull against each other. In the passage, the paradox is that science is said to know what is universal, while true being is said to be individual.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Individual” (Individual).
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