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anypotheton

anypotheton noun: an idea which is discovered to be true in itself, or which supports itself; that which is absolutely or necessarily true; as opposed to a hypothesis requiring further support. The result or conclusion of a philosophical argument or investigation according to Plato's "hypothetical method.".

Noun

anypotheton (uncountable)

  1. An idea which is discovered to be true in itself, or which supports itself; that which is absolutely or necessarily true; as opposed to a hypothesis requiring further support. The result or conclusion of a philosophical argument or investigation according to Plato's "hypothetical method."
    • Only the supreme science, dialectics, attempts to justify these hypotheses by reducing them to the first principle, the Good, which is itself anypotheton, unconditional.2005, Carlos Steel, Theology as First Philosophy: The Neoplatonic Concept of Metaphysics
    Synonyms:
    [the] unhypothetical, [the] unconditional

Synonyms of anypotheton

  • [the] unhypothetical
  • [the] unconditional

Antonyms

Origin of anypotheton

From Ancient Greek ανυπόθετον (anupótheton), negation of Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “base, basis of an argument, supposition”, literally “a placing under”), itself from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”).

Questions about anypotheton

What does anypotheton mean?
Anypotheton means an idea which is discovered to be true in itself, or which supports itself; that which is absolutely or necessarily true; as opposed to a hypothesis requiring further support. The result or conclusion of a philosophical argument or investigation according to Plato's "hypothetical method.".
What part of speech is anypotheton?
Anypotheton is a noun.

Words near anypotheton in the dictionary

  1. anyphaenid
  2. anyphaenids
  3. anyplace
  4. anyplace else
  5. anypony
  6. anypotheton
  7. anyroad
  8. anyroads
  9. anyshit
  10. anysomicin
  11. anythang

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