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The 22 pages that link to Paradox, each with the reason it gives.

• IronyCompared with: A paradox may sound contradictory without relying on an ironic contrast.

• PropositionRelated: Paradoxes expose tensions in how propositions, truth, and self-reference are understood.

• New CriticismRelated: New Critics examine paradox as a way literary language holds conflicting meanings together.

• WitRelated: A paradox gives wit a compact form for making an unexpected point seem true.

• AphorismRelated: Aphorisms often use apparent contradiction to make familiar beliefs seem newly questionable.

• ConclusionRelated: Paradoxes can expose tension between accepted premises and their apparent conclusions.

• AntithesisCompared with: Antithesis balances opposing ideas; paradox presents an apparent contradiction as a statement.

• Metaphysical poetryRelated: Poets use apparent contradictions to compress spiritual and emotional claims into memorable lines.

• KoanRelated: Paradox describes a common feature of koans, but not their full religious and pedagogical role.

• EpigramRelated: An apparent contradiction can deliver an epigram’s pointed insight.

• Reductio ad absurdumNarrower topic: A reductio uses an absurd consequence as a tool; a paradox is the puzzling result itself.

• Tao Te ChingRelated: Its claims about weakness, emptiness, and yielding use contradiction to unsettle habitual judgment.

• Metaphysical conceitRelated: Conceits often sharpen their arguments by joining ideas that initially seem incompatible.

• ConceptismoRelated: Paradox concentrates tension into memorable formulations favored by Conceptista poets.

• G. K. ChestertonRelated: Chesterton used apparent contradictions to unsettle conventional assumptions and sharpen arguments.

• OxymoronRelated: Unlike a compact oxymoron, a paradox often unfolds across a whole statement or situation.

• FiccionesRelated: The stories use paradox to make infinity, identity, and knowledge narratively tangible.

• Informal fallacyCompared with: A paradox need not contain an error in reasoning.

• Gongsun LongNarrower topic: Gongsun Long’s claims gained attention because their reasoning seems to overturn ordinary classification.

• In Praise of FollyRelated: The essay complicates its condemnation by suggesting that foolishness can accompany human happiness and faith.

• Hui ShiRelated: The surviving sayings attributed to Hui Shi are chiefly remembered for their startling, paradoxical conclusions.

• NasreddinRelated: Nasreddin’s answers often unsettle assumptions by making contradiction seem sensible.