indemonstrable
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Etymology
Origin of indemonstrable
First recorded in 1560–70; in- 3 + demonstrable
Example Sentences
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But wisdom draws conclusions from indemonstrable principles which are the object of the virtue of understanding, even as other sciences do.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
First, that is indemonstrable, because, if demonstrable, he cannot be said to know them who has no demonstration of them for knowing such things as are demonstrable is the same as having demonstration of them.
From Ethics by Aristotle
The logical consequence of admitting either theory would be that the problem was simply indemonstrable.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various
Like all ultimate postulates it is indemonstrable; Mill's derivation of it from Experience did not amount to a demonstration.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
It is not everything that can be proved, otherwise the chain of proof would be endless; you must begin somewhere, and you must start with things admitted but indemonstrable.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.
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