What does contraries mean?
Contraries means plural of contrary.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
plural of contrary.
Things might go by contraries, she thought.
Ambition, luxury, drunkenness, avarice, and lust have no contraries, for temperance, sobriety, and chastity are not emotions (passive states), but denote the power of the soul by which the former are moderated, and which is discussed later under the name fortitudo.
Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it.
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Contraries means plural of contrary.
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Things might go by contraries, she thought.
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