Associations to the word «Discursion»

Wiktionary

DISCURSION, noun. (obsolete) (rare) The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.
DISCURSION, noun. (rare) (figuratively) Digression.
DISCURSION, noun. (rare) Ratiocination.
DISCURSION, noun. (philosophy) step by step philosophic reasoning, as opposed to intuition (compare Iamblichus)

Wise words

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Robert Burton