Definitions
Axiom:
A statement for which no proof is required and which, thus, occurs as a premise
of many arguments but as the conclusion of none. It may be accorded this status
either because it is held to be a self-evident truth, as the axioms of Euclidean
geometry were for a long time, or because it is thought to constitute an implicit
definition of the terms it contains or to contribute, with other axioms, to
such a definition.
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Dictionary Of Philosophy. Second edition. (Pan Books 1984). Page 34.
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