All 6 Uses of
axiom
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- This was for him an axiom, assumed once for all without question, and he went his way without hesitation, relying on it.†
Chpt 3 *
- And I won't go through all the axioms laid down by Russian boys on that subject, all derived from European hypotheses; for what's a hypothesis there, is an axiom with the Russian boy, and not only with the boys but with their teachers too, for our Russian professors are often just the same boys themselves.†
Chpt 5
- And I won't go through all the axioms laid down by Russian boys on that subject, all derived from European hypotheses; for what's a hypothesis there, is an axiom with the Russian boy, and not only with the boys but with their teachers too, for our Russian professors are often just the same boys themselves.†
Chpt 5
- We've dropped behind the peasants—that's an axiom.†
Chpt 10
- I won't say very honest, but …. it's an axiom generally accepted in society that I am a fallen angel.†
Chpt 11
- A man cannot be accused of robbery, if it's impossible to state accurately what he has stolen; that's an axiom.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(axiom) something assumed to be self-evident