The Answering of one Question by asking another<\/p>\n
An-teis-a-g-gee. Greek, , a bringing in instead; from (anti), against or instead; (eis), in; (agein), to lead or bring.<\/p>\n
The figure is so called, because a question is answered by asking another.<\/p>\n
It is called also ANTICATALLAXIS (an-ti-cat-al-lax-is). Greek, , a setting off or balancing of one thing against another (as in trade).<\/p>\n
The Greeks called it also ANTHUPOPHORA (an-thu-poph-o-ra). Greek, , a reply to an objection; from (anti), against, (hupo), (pherein), to bring.<\/p>\n
Hence the Latin names of the Figure: COMPENSATIO, compensation, and CONTRARIA ILLATIO, a bringing in against.<\/p>\n
Jdg 14:8.-The answer to Samsons riddle is given in the form of a question, and is thus an Anteisagoge. See under Enigma.<\/p>\n
A beautiful example is furnished in<\/p>\n
Mat 21:23-25; where, when the chief priests and elders asked Christ by what authority He acted; He said, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. He then goes on, in verse 25, to answer the question by asking another.<\/p>\n
In the answer of His enemies we have the Figure Aporia (q.v. [Note: Which see.] ).<\/p>\n
Rom 9:19-20.-Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?<\/p>\n
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? See below, under Prolepsis.<\/p>\n
Anteisagoge; or, Counter-Question The Answering of one Question by asking another An-teis-a-g-gee. Greek, , a bringing in instead; from (anti), against or instead; (eis), in; (agein), to lead or bring. The figure is so called, because a question is answered by asking another. It is called also ANTICATALLAXIS (an-ti-cat-al-lax-is). Greek, , a setting off or … Continue reading “Anteisagoge; or, Counter-Question”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}