The example comes from a question I just asked: "Actions speak louder than words, but the pen is mightier than the sword."
Can you add to my collection?
2007-07-16 07:30:35 · 3 answers · asked by auntb93 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Sorry; I mean a question I just answered.
2007-07-16 07:31:08 · update #1
OK, Daniel, I deserved that. I mean two that are somewhat contradictory, or that appear to contradict one another.
2007-07-16 09:37:21 · update #2
I'm not sure I get this, but how about:
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours VS Dog eat dog
A house divided against itself cannot stand VS Survival of the fittest
Time is money VS All in due time
Rome wasn't built in a day VS No time like the present
Easy as pie VS piece of cake
Wish upon a star VS Shoot for the moon
Financial clean bill of health VS filthy rich
Money is the root of all evil VS Money makes the world go round
2007-07-16 11:25:17 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
This is not a paradox. If you write something about someone, then you have taken action. to write is a verb. Verbs always show action, thus to write is to act. In order for something to be a paradox, it must be circular, self-refuting, or self-refering.
Example: this sentence is false; or non-existence exists.
2007-07-16 14:42:19 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel P 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
absence makes the heart grow fonder.
and then,
out of sight, out of mind.
2007-07-16 14:34:27 · answer #3 · answered by Free Radical 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋