Read full poem →deduction is much more justly summed up by Seneca, in the stoical
maxim of necessity:
Dictionary Entry
A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
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. maximgorky maximmaxim oldmaxim generalmaxim fundamental
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Poetry examples for “maxim”
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Read full poem →“Life’s cares they are comforts”—a maxim laid down
By the Bard, what d’ye call him, that wore the black gown;
Read full poem →Nor think th' intention sanctifies the deed:
That maxim, publish'd in an impious age,
Would loose the wild enthusiast to destroy,