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analogism

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A`nal´o`gism
n.1.(Logic) an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.
2.Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.

analogism
Medicine. diagnosis of a condition on the basis of its resemblance to other conditions.
See also: Health
reasoning deductively, from a generalization to particular events.
See also: Philosophy
the construction of a proportion.
See also: Mathematics


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He discusses such topics as classical hermeneutics and historical analogism, unified theory of divisions during the reform era 1069-1085, and discourses of authority and the authority of discourse.
For instance: The key to grasping the persistence of Scorsese's religious perspective in all his works lies in his characteristically Catholic immanentism and analogism, which permits him not only to envision the material world as pervaded by the divine spirit but to discover within persons, things, and events analogues of divine truth, to which they are related in terms of either resemblance or ironic parody.
 
 
 
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