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OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 129 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NUM-ORC
OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think) , a
term
  used loosely in
ordinary
  speech for an
idea
  or an explanation of facts which is regarded as being based on evidence which is good but not conclusive. In logic it is used as a
translation
  of Gr. 6b a, which plays a prominent part in Greek philosophy as the opposite of knowledge (iirurr lrt or aXi7Beta). The distinction is
drawn
  by Parmenides, who contrasts the sphere of truth or knowledge with that of
opinion
 , which deals with mere
appearance
 , error, not-being. So Plato places Sofia between alvtrl61s and &Avoca, as dealing with phenomena contrasted with non-being and being respectively. Thus Plato confines
opinion
  to that which is subject to
change
 .
Aristotle
 , retaining the same
idea
 , assigns to opinion (especially in the Ethics) the sphere of things contingent, i.e. the future: hence opinion deals with that which is probable. More generally he uses
xx 5popular opinionthat which is generally held to be true (6oKeiv) as the starting-point of an inquiry. In modern philosophy the
term
  has been used for various conceptions all having much the same
connotation
 . The absence of any universally acknowledged definition, especially such as would contrast " opinion " with " belief," " faith " and the like, deprives it of any status as a philosophic term.


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