biện chứng

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 辯證.

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biện chứng

  1. (philosophy, chiefly Marxism) dialectical
    • Friedrich Engels (1962) [1885] “Vorworte zu den drei Auflagen – II [Prefaces to the Three Editions – II]”, in Anti-Dühring (Marx-Engels-Werke)‎, volume 20; English translation from 1987 Marx/Engels Collected Works, volume 25; Vietnamese translation from 1994 C. Mác Và Ph. Ăng-ghen Toàn Tập, volume 20
      Song muốn có một quan niệm vừa biện chứng vừa duy vật về tự nhiên thì người ta phải biết toán học và khoa học tự nhiên.
      But a knowledge of mathematics and natural science is essential to a conception of nature which is dialectical and at the same time materialist.

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