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Aug. 24., 2012 | 10:20 am
posted by: termostats in pajautaa

No kurienes ir radies tas debilais teiciens "Izņēmumi tikai apstiprina likumsakarības"? Es pats to mēdzu lietot, bet pilnībā apzinos, ka tā ir tāda pustukša frāze, kuru izmest brīdī, kad ir beigušies reāli argumenti. Ok, var pieņemt, ka "vienmēr pastāv izņēmumi", bet man absolūti nav skaidrs, kā tie izņēmumi var kaut ko apstiprināt?

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from: [info]begemots
date: Aug. 24., 2012 - 12:20 pm
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They say it comes from the medieval Latin aphorism Exceptio probat regulam. Probat means "prove" in the sense of "test," as in "proving ground" or "the proof is in the pudding." So "the exception proves the rule" means a close look at exceptions helps us determine a rule's validity.

If Latinists understand it that way, however, they're pretty much alone. I've looked up citations of this saying dating back to 1664, and in every case it was used in the brain-dead manner we're accustomed to today — that is, to suggest that non-conforming cases, by the mere fact of their existence, somehow confirm or support a generalization. Obviously they do nothing of the kind. We like to think proverbs become proverbial because they're true; this one is an exception. It certainly doesn't prove the rule.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/731/whats-the-meaning-of-the-expression-thats-the-exception-that-proves-the-rule

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