The metaphor of the acorn growing into an oak tree not only illustrates the concept of potentiality moving towards actuality but also symbolizes the humanistic belief in the positive and natural development of human beings towards their fullest potential.
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Definition of Dialectic

The pre-Socratic philosopher Zeno of Elea was presumably the first who applied a form of dialectic by developing a series of paradoxes to demonstrate that certain ideas, like motion, change, space and time are impossible.

Socrates used a method known as elenchus (ἔλεγχος), or the Socratic method, which involved asking a series of questions to expose contradictions in the interlocutor's beliefs, leading them to a clearer understanding.

Plato expanded on this, using dialectic as a method of philosophical inquiry to uncover the forms or ...

The symbol of the circle has been used throughout the history of philosophy as a universal metaphor for the notions of totality, wholeness, original perfection, the infinite, eternity, God, etc. In the following, I present some of the circle metaphors applied by philosophers, writers and artists.

Mythology

The ouroboros or uroboros (snake eating its own tail) is an ancient symbol for the eternal cycle of life, death and rebirth.

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