An Expression of Feeling by way of Doubt<\/p>\n
A-p-ri-a. Greek, , a being in doubt, or at a loss, from (aporos), without a passage (, privative, and (poros), a passage).<\/p>\n
The figure is used when the speaker expresses himself as though he were at a loss what course to pursue; or when we express a doubt as to what we ought to think or say or do.<\/p>\n
It was also called DIAPORESIS (Di-a-po-ree-sis). Greek, , from (dia), through, and (aporeesis), a being without passage or resource.<\/p>\n
The Latins called it DUBITATIO, a wavering, a doubting, uncertainty, doubt, and ADDUBITATIO, the former word with ad, to, denoting the beginning of the hesitation or doubting.<\/p>\n
Hos 6:4.-O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee?<\/p>\n
See under Erotesis.<\/p>\n
Hos 11:8.-How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? etc.<\/p>\n
See under Anthropopatheia.<\/p>\n
Mat 21:25-26.-The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.<\/p>\n
Luk 16:3.-Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.<\/p>\n
Aporia; or, Doubt An Expression of Feeling by way of Doubt A-p-ri-a. Greek, , a being in doubt, or at a loss, from (aporos), without a passage (, privative, and (poros), a passage). The figure is used when the speaker expresses himself as though he were at a loss what course to pursue; or when … Continue reading “Aporia; or, Doubt”<\/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-19816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19816","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=19816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}