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for a still stronger reason — index a fortiori Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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a fortiori — a for·ti·o·ri /ˌā ˌfȯr shē ōr ˌī, ˌä ˌfȯr shē ōr ē, ˌfȯr tē / adv [New Latin, from the stronger (argument)]: all the more certainly: with greater reason: with still more convincing force used in drawing a conclusion that is thought to be even… … Law dictionary
Epicureanism — Stephen Everson It is tempting to portray Epicureanism as the most straightforward, perhaps even simplistic, of the major dogmatic philosophical schools of the Hellenistic age. Starting from an atomic physics, according to which ‘the totality of… … History of philosophy
a fortiori — [L.] With stronger reason, for a still stronger reason, all the more, still more surely, by so much the more … New dictionary of synonyms
a for|ti|o|ri — «ay FR shee R y, OHR ; ee», for a still stronger reason. Thus if B exceeds C, and C is proved greater than X, then B is a fortiori greater than X. »If an agreement for nuclear or conventional disarmament is impossible, then World Government is, a … Useful english dictionary
A fortiori argument — The Latin phrase la. argumentum a fortiori literally means one of the following: * from the stronger * even more so * with even stronger reason It denotes a proof of a claim by means of an already proved stronger claim. For example, if it is… … Wikipedia
Essentially contested concept — In a paper delivered to the Aristotelian Society on 12 March 1956, [Published immediately as Gallie (1956a); a later, slightly altered version appears in Gallie (1964).] Walter Bryce Gallie (1912 ndash;1998) introduced the term essentially… … Wikipedia
afortiori — a for·ti·o·ri (ä fôr tē ôrʹē, āfōr tē ōʹrī ) adv. For a still stronger reason; all the more. [Latin :ā, ab, from + fortiōrī, ablative of fortior, stronger.] * * * … Universalium
