Analogy
(ἀναλογία, lit. “proportion” or “resemblance”) was considered in antiquity, primarily by Aristotle, as a mode of predication using a term that is neither univocal nor equivocal but indicates a resemblance between parallel cases. In antiquity analogy served philosophical goals (primarily in mathematics and biology); the church fathers applied it to theology, esp. to discussing an essentially ineffable God. ... ...
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