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Analogon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An analogue.

    "The rectilineal as opposed to curvature is an analogon of worthiness as opposed to happiness; as opposed to obliquity, it is an analogon of equity as opposed to partiality."

  2. 2
    According to Sartre, an equivalent of perception (such as a painting or a mental image) that is necessary for the process of imagination to take place.

Etymology

From the neuter of Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos).

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