Sentence examples for what the affirmation from inspiring English sources

A contradictory pair of sentences (an antiphasis) consists of an affirmation and its negation (i.e. the negation that negates of the subject what the affirmation affirms of it).

Aristotle takes some pains in On Interpretation to argue that to every affirmation there corresponds exactly one denial such that that denial denies exactly what that affirmation affirms.

Affirmation, though, is not necessarily what the individualistic Foster seeks.

What the negation removes is not the state of affairs, but the affirmation that goes along with it.

What I lacked was the affirmation of the broader culture around me -- a loud and clear message that said, "You are capable of so much, on your own".

One wonders, though, how reassuring this affirmation is meant to be, given what the authors tell us elsewhere.

Paulette acknowledged the affirmation by touching his knee, then she asked, "Should we complain?" "About what?" "The Herons.

And with this ruling comes the affirmation of what first attracted me to this country: its promise of fairness and equality.

However, this rejection of morality is not grounded in the rejection of values as such, but in the affirmation of what might be called non-moral goods.

The two paths that Rosenzweig traces out of each particular nothing are as follows: 1) the path from out of the particular nothing driven by the affirmation of what is "not-nothing".

The matter (Materie) of a judgment, which is provided by the lower level act of presentation, is what remains when one disregards the affirmation and negation, i.e. the simple complex of presentation (subject and predicate minus the copula).