ignotum per ignotius
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ignotum per ignotius
literally: the unknown by means of the more unknown
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However, in 20th century America, it does seem slightly ignotum per ignotius to reduce education to self-directed abortive confusion.
From Time Magazine Archive
He refused to supplement them by hypothetical geographical changes for which there was no independent evidence: this was simply to attempt to explain ignotum per ignotius.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
And yet, it is well known to scientific geography that every stream has its own individual character.118.This would be to be guilty of explaining ignotum per ignotius.
From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor
To explain market ratios by utility-curves is a case of ignotum per ignotius, so far as practical application is concerned.
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
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