The Rhetorical Device Only Expert Writers Know How to Use

The paradox — you know one when you see one

Malky McEwan
The Writing Cooperative
5 min readApr 20, 2024

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The liar’s paradox is the simplest of paradoxes. If someone says “I always lie,” are they telling the truth or lying?

The statement ‘this statement is false’ is a paradox, because if that statement is a lie, it would be the truth. A paradox is a seemingly absurd or…

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