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ATC<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n

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OPPOSITES<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Argument scheme of the opposites: <\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00ab\u00a0If A is B, then neg-A is neg-B.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>
\n\u00ab\u00a0<\/span>Since my life has been useless, I wish that my death serves some purpose.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Just as there was a system of thought based on analogy<\/strong> during the Renaissance, there is also a system of thought based on opposites<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Book of Rites- LIJI\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

One of the \u00ab\u00a0Five classics<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb associated with Confucianism. Written before<\/p>\n

Liji<\/em>, Chapter 1, \u00ab\u00a0Elements of propriety<\/em>\u00ab\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You should know the weakness of the man you loved and know the strength of the man you hated.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Liji – On Propriety [ Social and Individual Behavior]<\/em>. Compiled by Dai Sheng. Translated by Luo Zhiye. P. 1.<\/p>\n

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Han Fei Tse<\/em> <\/span><\/h2>\n

Han Fei Tz<\/em>i, Section 6, \u201cOn having standards<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Punishment of error does not avoid the great ministers, reward for good does not overlook commoners<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The linguistic paralelism serves the topos of the opposites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
punishment<\/span> [of error]<\/strong><\/td>\ndoes not avoid<\/strong><\/td>\ngreat ministers<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
reward [for good<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\ndoes not overlook<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\ncommoners<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Han Fei Tzi, Section 6, \u201cOn having standards\u201d; quoted and translated by A. C. Graham, 1989; 2 ed. 1991, p. 277.<\/p>\n

Wang Chong (27-97 ce)<\/span><\/h2>\n

Wang Chung, \u00ab\u00a0Four Things to be Avoided\u00a0\u00bb.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There are four things which, according to public opinion, must be avoided by all means. The first is to build an annex to a building on the west side, for such an annex is held to be inauspicious, and being so, is followed by a case of death. Owing to this apprehension, nobody in the world would dare to build facing the west. This prohibition dates from days of yore.\u00a0 [\u2026]<\/strong><\/span>
\nOn all the four sides of a house there is earth; how is it that three sides are not looked upon as of ill omen, and only an annex in the west is said to be unpropitious? How could such an annex be injurious to the body of earth. or hurtful to the spirit of the house? In case an annex in the west be unpropitious, would a demolition there be a good augury? Or, if an annex in the west be inauspicious, would it be a lucky omen in the east? For if there be something inauspicious, there must also be something auspicious, as bad luck has good luck as its correlate. [\u2026]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Statement to refute :<\/em> \u201cto build an annex on the west side is unpropitious\u00a0\u00bb
\n<\/strong>The statement \u00ab\u00a0to build an annex on the west side<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb admits two pairs of opposites, contrasting the predicate \u201dbring bad luck\u00a0\u00bb with
\n1) the opposite action (demolish<\/i><\/b>) in the same place (the west)
\n2) the same action (building<\/i>) in another location (the east<\/i><\/b>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
building a wing<\/strong><\/td>\non the west side<\/strong><\/td>\nbrings bad luck<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
demolishing a wing<\/td>\non the west side<\/td>\nbrings good luck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
building a wing<\/td>\non the east side<\/td>\nbrings good luck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

[1]<\/a>\u00a0Wang Chung, Four Things to be Avoided<\/em>. In Lun-h\u00eang<\/em>, \u201cBalanced Discussions\u201d, Book XXIII, Ch. III, 68. Translation and notes by Alfred Forke, Leipzig, 1906. Reprinted by Paragon Book Gallery, New York, 1962. (p. 793-794). Quoted from http:\/\/classiques.uqac.ca\/classiques\/wang_chung\/lunheng\/wangchung_lunheng.pdf<\/p>\n

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Liu Hsieh, c. 465\u2013522 ce
\n<\/span><\/span>XXXV, Linguistic parallelism (Li-tz’u) (p. 251)<\/span><\/h2>\n

Crime: when in doubt, then deem it light. <\/strong><\/span>Merit: when in doubt, then deem it heavy.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The linguistic paralelism serves the topos of the opposites<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
crime<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\ndeem<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nlight<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
merit<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\ndeem<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nheavy<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Liu Hsieh The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, <\/em>Chap. 35, Linguistic parallelism. <\/em>Translated by Vincent Yu-chung Shih. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. P. 251<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Generalization<\/span><\/h2>\n

Based on syntactic and lexical oppositions, the topos of the opposites is a good candidate to universality.<\/p>\n

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ATC OPPOSITES Argument scheme of the opposites: \u00ab\u00a0If A is B, then neg-A is neg-B.\u00a0\u00bb \u00ab\u00a0Since my life has been useless, I wish that my death serves some purpose.\u00a0\u00bb Just as there was a system of thought based on analogy during the Renaissance, there is also a system of thought based on opposites. Book of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10222"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15090,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10222\/revisions\/15090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icar.cnrs.fr\/dicoplantin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}