ABSURDITY, Absurdities, is a kind of Error, or Offense against some evident, and generally allowed Truths or Principle. See ERROR, MAXIM, &c.
The greatest of all Absurdities is the Contradiction. See CONTRADICTION.
The Schoolmen make two Species of Absurdities — The one, absurdum, which contradicts the common Sense of Mankind; the other particular, which gives the Lye to some one or more Philosophers; e.g., Aristotle. — The latter sort may be a real Truth.
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