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- DictionaryDe·us ex ma·chi·na/ˌdāəs ˌeks ˈmäkənə/
noun
- 1. an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
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Jun 1, 2024 · In the Cratylus (at 425D) Plato mentioned that tragic poets tend to avail themselves of the deus ex machina when their plots ran into difficulties, and Aristotle in Metaphysics A.3 (at 985a18) suggested an analogy between the deus ex machina and Anaxagoras’s tendency to resort to reason only when in difficulty. The implication is that the use ...
Jun 1, 2024 · It can either continue to adhere to its historic role as a victim persecuted throughout history and to this very day, or seize the opportunity as a powerful independent nation to break out of its ghetto into the region as a partner and ally. Either decision will be decided by Israel's leaders and society, not a deus ex machina.
23 hours ago · Die Welt erscheint dabei wie ein Spiel, in dem ein Deus ex machina jeden Augenblick handelt, um die Dinge passieren zu lassen. Während die späteren Mutakallimūn dem Atom als der kleinsten Einheit, aus welcher die materielle Welt konstruiert ist, Ausdehnung (misāḥa) zusprachen, taten dies die frühen Mutakallimūn noch nicht.
