Sentence examples similar to self contradiction from inspiring English sources

Naturally, being rational requires not contradicting oneself, but there is no self-contradiction in the maxim "I will make lying promises when it achieves something I want".

But Hoving excelled at self-contradiction.

Mr. Poirier himself cherished self-contradiction.

This line of thinking swiftly stumbles into self-contradiction.

She wanted him here, nearby, but felt no edge of self-contradiction or self-denial.

The Charvakas regard the scriptures as characterized by the three faults: falsity, self-contradiction, and tautology.

Political analysts noted a strain of self-contradiction in his stance on dealing with the Taliban.

It means that, despite themselves, writers are often engaged in acts of unwitting self-contradiction.

For the editors of the A.H.D. to publish Pinker's essay alongside Rickford's is outright self-contradiction.

Montaigne was a master of the suggestive non sequitur and the self-contradiction.

Low, soft, round; up, fast, high: it's a compellingly sensuous image of calm self-contradiction.