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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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However, not all experiences of the marvellous were pleasurable--there is the marvellous in malo as well as the marvellous in bono: "If the marvelous or wondrous exhilarates because of its size or scope, its rarity or novelty, its ingenuity, its paradoxicalness, it may also depress because of the fearful destructiveness that religion, nature, and human events may display or promise" (Morillo 1991: 63).
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