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Headword: *)alogi/a
Adler number: alpha,1310
Translated headword: absurdity
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the [sc. phenomenon of] having no rationale, but acting irrationally. Thus Demosthenes and Plato [sc. use the word].[1]
Greek Original:
*)alogi/a: to\ mhde/na lo/gon e)/xein, a)logisti\ de\ pra/ttein. ou(/tws *dhmosqe/nhs kai\ *pla/twn.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration s.v.; also in Photius.
For this headword see also alpha 1308, alpha 1309.
[1] Demosthenes 23.168; Plato, Phaedrus 67E, 68B, etc.
Keywords: definition; philosophy; rhetoric
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 25 May 2000@01:32:14.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added references and keywords; cosmetics) on 1 October 2000@11:25:16.
David Whitehead (added note; cosmetics) on 24 June 2002@04:58:12.
David Whitehead (expanded primary note; tweaks and cosmetics) on 24 June 2011@10:11:37.
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