ACATALEPSY

Etymology

Noun

acatalepsy (uncountable)

Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

Source: Wiktionary


A*cat"a*lep`sy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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