metabasis
[mĭ-tăb′ə-sĭs]
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Historical Examples of metabasis
Certain philosophers have, nevertheless, allowed themselves the liberty of making such a saltus (metabasis eis allo gonos).
The Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant
From the understanding to the reason, there is no continuous ascent possible; it is a metabasis even as from the air to the light.
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. II (of 2)Samuel Taylor Coleridge