ACATALEPSY Definition & Meaning

acatalepsy

[ ey-kat-l-ep-see ]

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noun

Philosophy.

an ancient Skeptical view that no more than probable knowledge is available to human beings.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

��·��·��·��·�پ�� [ey-kat-l-, ep, -tik], noun adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of acatalepsy¹

1595–1605; (< Medieval Latin ��ٲ��ŧ�� ) < Greek ��첹�ٲ��ŧ��í��, equivalent to ��첹�ٲ��ŧ�� ( ��î�� ) to not comprehend (verbal derivative of ��첹��á��ŧ��ٴǲ� incomprehensible, ungraspable; a- ⁶, catalepsy ) + -ia -ia

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Acatalepsy, a-kat-a-lep′si, n. incomprehensibility, a term of the sceptic school of Carneades, who thought nothing could be known to certainty by man.—adj.

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