Plural of aporia; states of perplexity or doubt; philosophical problems that seem to have no clear solution.
Alternative plural form of aporia, from Greek aporia (impassability). Both 'aporiae' and 'aporias' are accepted plurals in English philosophical discourse.
The Pre-Socratic philosophers were obsessed with aporias because they believed working through these impossible problems would eventually reveal deep truths about reality—it's like debugging code in ancient philosophy.
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