Rumāņu izcelsmes franču avangarda dzejnieks Tristans Cara nejauši formulē nepretrunīguma likumu, kā arī liek pamatus nihilisma un relatīvisma atspēkojumam:

"I write a manifesto and I want nothing, yet I say certain things, and in principle I am against manifestos, as I am also against principles."

Tristan Tzara, “Manifeste Dada”, 1918