-
absurd extreme.
Translated from Aristotle's "ἡ εις άτοπον απαγωγη" (hi eis
atopon apagogi, "reduction to the impossible").
reductio ad
Hitlerum leading back...
- epi poly de autōn prosdokōntōn kai theōrountōn mēden
atopon eis
auton ginomenon ἐπὶ πολὺ δὲ αὐτῶν προσδοκώντων καὶ θεωρούντων μηδὲν ἄτοπον εἰς αὐτὸν γινόμενον...
-
absurd extreme.
Translated from Aristotle's "ἡ εις άτοπον απαγωγη" (hi eis
atopon apagogi, "reduction to the impossible").
reductio ad
Hitlerum leading back...
-
hypothetical ****ure situation: οὐδέν γε ἄτοπον εἰ ἀποθάνοιμι. (Plato) oudén ge
átopon ei apothánoimi. (aorist optative).
There would be
nothing strange about...
- you
crossed the Halys." οὐδέν γε ἄτοπον εἰ ἀποθάνοιμι. (Plato) oudén ge
átopon ei apothánoimi.. "there
would be
nothing strange about it if I were to die...
