Saturday, April 10, 2010

synoeciosis

http://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/S/synoeciosis.htm
A coupling or bringing together of contraries, but not in order to oppose them to one another



reminds me of synechdoche
http://rhetoric.byu.edu/figures/S/synecdoche.htm 
obviously not the same, yet but has that ring to it

so a combination of the two ideas, is to take parts of different ideas to bring them together, yet not to have them oppose one another.   

could a single Democrat and a single Republican, representing their "types", be brought together in all their glorious contrariness without having one oppose the other ?