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paradox

Literary device or device of rhetoric which is a statement that seems opposing or contradictory but contains an element of truth. The truth is emphasized by the unexpected form of expression. The Bible is a rich source of paradox: ‘Love your enemies’; ‘The first shall be last and the last shall be first.’



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Which sentiment being a pretty hard morsel, and bearing something of the air of a paradox, we shall leave the reader to chew the cud upon it to the end of the chapter.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Not the world,' but the 'one wise man,' is still the paradox of Socrates in his last hours.
Crito by Plato View in context
He destroys birth and death, and dissipates to mist the paradox of being, until his victim cries out, as in "The City of Dreadful Night": "Our life's a cheat, our death a black abyss.
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