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From Miriam-Webster, rhetorical tautology is defined as "needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word".
From Miriam-Webster, rhetorical tautology is defined as "needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word".
The triangle example given is not a tautology, but a definition. An example of a rhetorical tautology would be, for instance, a "godless atheist", or a "three-sided triangle" (as opposed to "a triangle has three sides".
The triangle example given is not a tautology, but a definition. An example of a rhetorical tautology would be, for instance, a "godless atheist", or a "three-sided triangle" (as opposed to "all triangles have three sides".
From Dictionary.com, a philosophical tautology is:
From Dictionary.com, a philosophical tautology is: