There seems to be something paradoxical in the idea that the older the decision the better the lawthe more ancient the commentator, the profounder the wisdom of his axioms.

And what is still more paradoxical than all this, he does not refuse to call some men gods; as, for instance, the Elean Guest in the Sophista.

This is a reversal of philosophical opinion which may justly be compared to the Copernican revolution in astronomy; it is just as paradoxical as the latter, but just as incontestably true, and just as rich in results.

Where is the wonder, then, if in philosophy also many things which are true appear paradoxical to the inexperienced? * *

"This book," he says in the preface to one of the least paradoxical of his works, 'Dawn of Day,' "This book ... implies a contradiction and is not afraid of it: in it we break with the faith in moralswhy?