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  • Ah but, you might retort, the how is easy: once it's not impossible it must be merely a matter of methodology, and so all it requires - unless its being impossibile - is the stumbling, through trial and error, intuition, or basic knowledge of some kind, onto the wheels of this methodology and following obediently in its wake to the logical destination.

    No Leg To Stand On 2010

  • But I think that if per impossibile there were such a circumstance, he would.

    More on Archbishop Nichols' Foreword 2009

  • He used two methods to prove the incomplete syllogisms: reductio ad impossibile and ekthesis.

    The Statue of a Writer 2009

  • Aristotle uses the same methods to prove the incomplete modal syllogisms as he uses for the assertoric syllogisms, i.e., conversions, reductio ad impossibile, and ekthesis.

    The Statue of a Writer 2009

  • I hope I'm smart enough not to envy most people their jobs, much less their lives; all jobs have trade-offs, of course, and it's impossibile to assess the quality of anyone's life from the outside.

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009

  • The same playbook which declares "There is no way that a measurement taken at only one end of a transmission channel can reveal changes that have occurred farther up the channel", thus declaring astronomy impossibile as a science?

    Could a Black Hole Fit in Your Computer or In Your Pocket? | Universe Today 2009

  • Assume, per impossibile, that Israel returns to the Palestinians sufficient territory to form a viable state.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Un consiglio: se vi chiedono di sviluppare ed implementare un modulo per supportare le bozze in un database complesso gestito da un software PHP4, non orientato agli oggetti e progettato senza metodo, dite loro che è impossibile.

    No Fat Clips!!! : [BEST OF] May 2009 2009

  • C. Gee, Take all the exceptions you want: If a Palestinian state were, per impossibile, to treat Israelis as Israel treats Palestinians and Lebanese, you would be incandescent with righteous indignation, and for once you would be right.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • I hope I'm smart enough not to envy most people their jobs, much less their lives; all jobs have trade-offs, of course, and it's impossibile to assess the quality of anyone's life from the outside.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Flavia 2009

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