#77 aporia

#77 aporia- a doubt, real or professed, about what to do or say regarding rhetoric or philosophy

- C16 from Greek- a state of being at loss; aporetic (adjective)

-Aristotle mentions it explicitly as an aporia or difficulty that must be resolved.

-The debater experienced aporia and was at a loss as to what course to pursue and what to say.

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