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An argument from the cause to the effect; An a priori argument; Also: Investigation of things by a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

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  • Under "analogism", all beings are different, disparate and separate.
  • That last example of course occurrs in some other context but can, by way of analogism, easily be transferred on some other, more abstract, level, which is a thing that...
  • His theory is that there are four ways in which various cultures portray reality in paintings, sculpture and other objects: animism, totemism, analogism and naturalism.
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