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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_159849" /> == | |||
<p> ( αἴτημα , postulatum, that which is asked or assumed to prove something else). "According to some, the difference between axioms and postulates is analogous to that between theorems and problems: the former expressing truths which are self-evident, and from which other propositions may be deduced; the latter, operations which may easily be performed, and by the help of which more difficult constructions may be effected." There is a difference between a postulate and a hypothesis. When you lay down something which may be, although you have not proved it, and which is admitted by the learner or the disputant, you make a hypothesis. The postulate, not being assented to, may be contested during the discussion, and is only established by its conformity with all other ideas on the subject. </p> | <p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) [[Something]] demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (a.) Postulated. </p> <p> (4): </p> <p> (v. t.) To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions. </p> <p> (5): </p> <p> (v. t.) To invite earnestly; to solicit. </p> <p> (6): </p> <p> (v. t.) To take without express consent; to assume. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56729" /> == | |||
<p> (αἴτημα , postulatum, that which is asked or assumed to prove something else). "According to some, the difference between axioms and postulates is analogous to that between theorems and problems: the former expressing truths which are self-evident, and from which other propositions may be deduced; the latter, operations which may easily be performed, and by the help of which more difficult constructions may be effected." There is a difference between a postulate and a hypothesis. When you lay down something which may be, although you have not proved it, and which is admitted by the learner or the disputant, you make a hypothesis. The postulate, not being assented to, may be contested during the discussion, and is only established by its conformity with all other ideas on the subject. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_159849"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/postulate Postulate from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_56729"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/postulate Postulate from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_56729"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/postulate Postulate from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 08:50, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.
(2):
(n.) The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.
(3):
(a.) Postulated.
(4):
(v. t.) To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.
(5):
(v. t.) To invite earnestly; to solicit.
(6):
(v. t.) To take without express consent; to assume.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(αἴτημα , postulatum, that which is asked or assumed to prove something else). "According to some, the difference between axioms and postulates is analogous to that between theorems and problems: the former expressing truths which are self-evident, and from which other propositions may be deduced; the latter, operations which may easily be performed, and by the help of which more difficult constructions may be effected." There is a difference between a postulate and a hypothesis. When you lay down something which may be, although you have not proved it, and which is admitted by the learner or the disputant, you make a hypothesis. The postulate, not being assented to, may be contested during the discussion, and is only established by its conformity with all other ideas on the subject.
