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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ανυπόθετον (anupótheton), negation of Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “base, basis of an argument, supposition”, literally “a placing under”), itself from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”).
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anypotheton (uncountable)
- An idea which is discovered to be true in itself, or which supports itself; that which is absolutely or necessarily true; as opposed to a hypothesis requiring further support. The result or conclusion of a philosophical argument or investigation according to Plato's "hypothetical method."
2005, Carlos Steel, Theology as First Philosophy: The Neoplatonic Concept of Metaphysics:Only the supreme science, dialectics, attempts to justify these hypotheses by reducing them to the first principle, the Good, which is itself anypotheton, unconditional.
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