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Meanings of discursive in inglês

(Of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects.

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Proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition.

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Examples for "dianoetic"
Examples for "dianoetic"
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By this ascent, therefore Plato signifies the contemplation of dianoetic objects in the mathematical disciplines.
Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato
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Whence is it then that the dianoetic power concludes thus confidently that the Proposition is true of all triangles?
Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato
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According to the second definition, he calls dianoetic knowledge science; but according to the first alone, he assigns to physiology the appellation of science.
Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato
Usage of discursive in inglês
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Contesting that meaning through discursive struggle constitutes a challenge to that power.
The South African
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Its approach to variation techniques is discursive, and the result seemed overlong.
The Irish Times
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But there are many discursive remarks in it worth gathering and considering.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
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The reflective attitude as opposed to the discursive was new to him.
Burned Bridges
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He wasted no second of time, nor did he permit discursive interruption.
The Rules of the Game
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His reasons were numerous and ingenious, and, as usual, a little discursive.
The Monikins
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No discursive process intervenes; one simply knows the phenomenon as it is experienced.
Humanistic Nursing
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But the walks of Marie may, in general, be supposed discursive.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1
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Therefore there was no discursive or collative knowledge in the soul of Christ.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) / From the Complete Ame...
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Stein offers directors words, while freeing them from the rigours of discursive meaning.
The Guardian
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Objection 1: It seems that the knowledge of God is discursive.
Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
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Objection 1: It would seem that the knowledge of an angel is discursive.
Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
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Therefore it seems that there was no collative or discursive knowledge in Christ.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) / From the Complete Ame...
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The passive reason is the faculty which rises through discursive thinking to knowledge.
Light, Life, and Love: Selections from the German Mystics of the...
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Tell not me of your discursive faculty: The word of God is plain.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
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He grew less discursive when they fell in with his suggestion.
Ranching for Sylvia
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