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"ref": "1748 January, R. M., “To the Gent. who Signs Verax, V[olume] 17 p[age] 573. In Answer to His Defence of Mr Lyttelton's Expression, that Matter is not Inherent in the Deity.”, in “Sylvanus Urban” [pseudonym; Edward Cave], editor, The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume XVIII, London: Printed by Edw[ard] Cave, at St John's Gate, →OCLC, page 15, column 2",
"text": "Neither can I reconcile this opinion of yours, with your argument brought from reaſon; if the axiom there laid down by you be true, it follows that, when matter began to exiſt in the divine mind, either matter became of the nature of the divine mind, i.e. active and intelligent, or elſe the divine mind became of the nature of matter, i.e. inert and unintelligent: this is a hard dilemma; have we not reaſon to ſuſpect that axiom?",
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"ref": "1837, William Enfield, “Chapter VIII. Of the Academic Sect. Section I. Of Plato and His Philosophy.”, in The History of Philosophy, from the Earliest Periods: Drawn from Brucker's Historia Critica Philosophiæ, London: Printed for Thomas Tegg and Son, 73, Cheapside; R[ichard] Griffin and Co., Glasgow; Tegg and Co., Dublin; also, J. and S. A. Tegg, Sydney and Hobart Town, →OCLC, book II, pages 128–129",
"text": "Theoretical philosophy Plato divides into three branches, Theological, Physical, and Mathematical. On Theology, the fundamental doctrine of Plato, as of all other ancient philosophers, is, that from nothing nothing can proceed. This universal axiom, applied not only to the infinite efficient, but to the material cause, Plato, in his Timæus, lays down as the ground of his reasoning concerning the origin of the world.",
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"ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 16",
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"roman": "aksioma",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
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},
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"roman": "kot khuām ching",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"word": "ກົດຄວາມຈິງ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aksioma"
},
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aksioma"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"word": "aksiom"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "aksiom",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "аксиом"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aksiom"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aksiom"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aksjomat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pewnik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "axioma"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "axiomă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aksióma",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аксио́ма"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "аксѝо̄м"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "aksìōm"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "axióma"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aksiom"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "axioma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "axiom"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"word": "batlain"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sàt-jà-pót",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"word": "สัจพจน์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tǎa-ná-bòt",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"word": "ฐานบท"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"word": "aksiyom"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "aksióma",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аксіо́ма"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"word": "aksioma"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"word": "chân lý"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"word": "sự thật"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"word": "chân lí"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth",
"word": "xiom"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "akʿsiom",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "աքսիոմ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "axioma"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōnglǐ",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "公理"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "axiom"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aksiom"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "axioma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "aksiomi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "peruslause"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "axiome"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Axiom"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Postulat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Grundannahme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ausgangspunkt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "axíoma",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αξίωμα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "axíōma",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ἀξίωμα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "axióma"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frumsenda"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frumsetning"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "axiomo"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aicsím"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assioma"
},
{
"alt": "こうり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōri",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "公理"
},
{
"alt": "公理",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gongni",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "공리"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "axiōma"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "axiom"
},
{
"code": "frm",
"lang": "Middle French",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "axiome"
},
{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "axiome"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pewnik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "axioma"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aksióma",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аксио́ма"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
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"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "аксѝо̄м"
},
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"Roman",
"masculine"
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"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "axióma"
},
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aksiom"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "axioma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "axiom"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "batlain"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sàt-jà-pót",
"sense": "mathematics: fundamental assumption",
"word": "สัจพจน์"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "established principle in art or science",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "axioma"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "established principle in art or science",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aksiom"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "established principle in art or science",
"word": "aksiooma"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "established principle in art or science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Grundannahme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "established principle in art or science",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Grundsatz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "established principle in art or science",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "established principle in art or science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aicsím"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "established principle in art or science",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aksiom"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "established principle in art or science",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aksiom"
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{
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "established principle in art or science",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pewnik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "established principle in art or science",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "axioma"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"masculine"
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"word": "аксѝо̄м"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"sense": "established principle in art or science",
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"masculine"
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"Oxford University Museum of Natural History"
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