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Postulate

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(αἴτημα , postulatum, that which is asked or assumed to prove something else). "According to some, the difference between axioms and postulates is analogous to that between theorems and problems: the former expressing truths which are self-evident, and from which other propositions may be deduced; the latter, operations which may easily be performed, and by the help of which more difficult constructions may be effected." There is a difference between a postulate and a hypothesis. When you lay down something which may be, although you have not proved it, and which is admitted by the learner or the disputant, you make a hypothesis. The postulate, not being assented to, may be contested during the discussion, and is only established by its conformity with all other ideas on the subject.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Postulate'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/postulate.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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