Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 7 AIL 0634 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Paradox, as the Anchor Defines It
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The idea
The glossary defines paradox as a phrase which seems self-contradictory but makes powerful sense despite its lack of logic, quoting Shakespeare that one must be cruel only to be kind. The seeming is essential: a paradox resolves on reflection, where a contradiction does not.
In practice
Seems contradictory, then resolves.
Where people slip
If it never resolves, it is not paradox.
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