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axiom Noun 1. a generally accepted principle 2. a self-evident statement [Greek axios worthy]
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axiom Translations n axiom [ˈӕksiəm] a fact or statement which is definitely true and accepted as a principle or rule. aksioom بَديهِيّه، حَقيقَة مُقَرَّرَه аксиома axiom grundsætning; aksiom das Axiom αξίωμα axioma aksioom اصل بدیهی؛ واقعیت متعارف aksiooma axiome אַקסיוֹמָה स्वयंसिद्धि aksiom alapigazság dalil lögmál, grundvallarregla assioma 公理 자명한 이치, 원칙 aksioma aksioma, acīmredzama patiesība prinsip axioma selvinnlysende påstand, aksiom aksjomat axioma axiomă аксиома axióma aksiom aksiom axiom กฎเกณฑ์ที่ยอมรับกันทั่วไป aksiyom, belit (數)公理 аксіома بدیہی ، اول ، درست chân lý (数)公理 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And if there are some who think that a prince who conveys an impression of his wisdom is not so through his own ability, but through the good advisers that he has around him, beyond doubt they are deceived, because this is an axiom which never fails: that a prince who is not wise himself will never take good advice, unless by chance he has yielded his affairs entirely to one person who happens to be a very prudent man. It is a military axiom not to advance uphill against the enemy, nor to oppose him when he comes downhill. All this very plausible reasoning does not convince me, as it has not convinced the wisest of our Statesmen, that our ancestors erred in laying it down as an axiom of policy that the toleration of Irregularity is incompatible with the safety of the State. |
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