indemonstrable
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Origin of indemonstrable
First recorded in 1560–70; in- 3 + demonstrable
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To Euclid’s successors this axiom had signally failed to appear self-evident, and had failed equally to appear indemonstrable.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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 R.W. Livingstone
The permanence of the soul, therefore, as an object of the internal sense, remains undemonstrated, nay, even indemonstrable.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn
That which certifies to the highest indemonstrable principles is a feeling, a belief, an instinct of nature: les principes se sentent.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg
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 Saint Thomas Aquinas
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