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minus-squareObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoCan someone explain where the notion of an exception proving the rule came from? This has never made the slightest bit of sense to me, lol.
minus-squarelobutlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI remember wrestling with that for years. I dunno, my last interpretation of it was the fact that if it was rare and considered an exception then the rule has a point? I dunno. I’m more than likely wrong but that’s as far as I could go with it.
Can someone explain where the notion of an exception proving the rule came from? This has never made the slightest bit of sense to me, lol.
I remember wrestling with that for years. I dunno, my last interpretation of it was the fact that if it was rare and considered an exception then the rule has a point?
I dunno. I’m more than likely wrong but that’s as far as I could go with it.