Associations to the word «Aporia»

Wiktionary

APORIA, noun. (rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.
APORIA, noun. (philosophy) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats