twofoldness

Deeper than this golden mean, however, runs the idea here; the dialectic of existence, the twofoldness which must be made one, the higher synthesis over all analysis are dimly intimated in the marvelous tale.

Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Denton Jaques Snider 1883

There are passages from the Zend-Avesta which seem to rise above this necessary dualism or essential twofoldness of evil as well as good in the composition of the world.

Christian Doctrine of Sin 1823-1886 1876

It cannot even now be said that the fundamental forms of vegetable structure have been precisely determined; some, with Schleiden himself, finding a radical twofoldness, and others aiming to establish a unity [100] as the most general plan of the plant.

Theism: The Witness of Reason and Nature to an All-Wise and Beneficent Creator. 1823-1886 1855

The solution appeared to him perfect, according to his study and analysis of the problem — the twofoldness that he found in man, of divine dignity on the one hand, and frivolous, sensual degradation on the other.

Pascal John Tulloch 1854

“This twofoldness (_duplicité_),” he says, “is so visible, that some have conceived that man must have two souls — a simple subject appearing to them incapable of such and so sudden variations; an immeasurable presumption on the one hand, a horrible abasement on the other.

Pascal John Tulloch 1854