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There’s the in-text footnote reference (usually a superscript numeral), and there’s the footnote itself, which is part of a block of footnotes where each footnote is labeled with its corresponding reference. The footnote reference is a hyperlink to the footnote; and the footnote has a backlink to the footnote reference. (This is in order that the reader may click a footnote reference; read the footnote; then click the backlink, to return to the same place in the text where they found the footnote, without having to scroll.)
Some illustrative examples below (each example shows the markup first, and then shows how the given markup will render). (For even more usage examples, see https://wiki.obormot.net/Main/LoremIpsum#footnotes.)
The name Dialectic was, as we are informed by Diogenes Laertius, first used by Plato; and in the ''Phaedrus'', ''Sophist'', ''Republic'', bk. vii., and elsewhere, we find that by Dialectic he means the regular employment of the reason, and skill in the practice of it. Aristotle also uses the word in this sense; but, according to Laurentius Valla, he was the first to use Logic too in a similar way.[^#1^] Dialectic, therefore, seems to be an older word than Logic. Cicero and Quintilian use the words in the same general signification.[^#2^] [^#1 He speaks of ''duochereiai logikai'', that is, “difficult points,” ''protasis logike'', ''aporia logike''.^] [^#2 Cic. in ''Lucullo: Dialecticam inventam esse, veri et falsi quasi disceptatricem''. ''Topica'', c. 2: ''Stoici enim judicandi vias diligenter persecuti sunt, ea scientia, quam'' Dialecticen ''appellant''. Quint., lib. ii., 12: ''Itaque haec pars dialecticae, sive illam disputatricem dicere malimus''; and with him this latter word appears to be the Latin equivalent for Dialectic. (So far according to “Petri Rami dialectics, Audomari Talaei praelectionibus illustrata”. 1569.)^] [^#^] |
The name Dialectic was, as we are informed by Diogenes Laertius, first used by Plato; and in the Phaedrus, Sophist, Republic, bk. vii., and elsewhere, we find that by Dialectic he means the regular employment of the reason, and skill in the practice of it. Aristotle also uses the word in this sense; but, according to Laurentius Valla, he was the first to use Logic too in a similar way.1 Dialectic, therefore, seems to be an older word than Logic. Cicero and Quintilian use the words in the same general signification.2 1 He speaks of duochereiai logikai, that is, “difficult points,” protasis logike, aporia logike. ⇑ 2 Cic. in Lucullo: Dialecticam inventam esse, veri et falsi quasi disceptatricem. Topica, c. 2: Stoici enim judicandi vias diligenter persecuti sunt, ea scientia, quam Dialecticen appellant. Quint., lib. ii., 12: Itaque haec pars dialecticae, sive illam disputatricem dicere malimus; and with him this latter word appears to be the Latin equivalent for Dialectic. (So far according to “Petri Rami dialectics, Audomari Talaei praelectionibus illustrata”. 1569.) ⇑ |
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The name Dialectic was, as we are informed by Diogenes Laertius, first used by Plato; and in the ''Phaedrus'', ''Sophist'', ''Republic'', bk. vii., and elsewhere, we find that by Dialectic he means the regular employment of the reason, and skill in the practice of it. Aristotle also uses the word in this sense; but, according to Laurentius Valla, he was the first to use Logic too in a similar way.[^#1 He speaks of ''duochereiai logikai'', that is, “difficult points,” ''protasis logike'', ''aporia logike''.^] Dialectic, therefore, seems to be an older word than Logic. Cicero and Quintilian use the words in the same general signification.[^#2 Cic. in ''Lucullo: Dialecticam inventam esse, veri et falsi quasi disceptatricem''. ''Topica'', c. 2: ''Stoici enim judicandi vias diligenter persecuti sunt, ea scientia, quam'' Dialecticen ''appellant''. Quint., lib. ii., 12: ''Itaque haec pars dialecticae, sive illam disputatricem dicere malimus''; and with him this latter word appears to be the Latin equivalent for Dialectic. (So far according to “Petri Rami dialectics, Audomari Talaei praelectionibus illustrata”. 1569.)^] [^#^] |
The name Dialectic was, as we are informed by Diogenes Laertius, first used by Plato; and in the Phaedrus, Sophist, Republic, bk. vii., and elsewhere, we find that by Dialectic he means the regular employment of the reason, and skill in the practice of it. Aristotle also uses the word in this sense; but, according to Laurentius Valla, he was the first to use Logic too in a similar way.1 Dialectic, therefore, seems to be an older word than Logic. Cicero and Quintilian use the words in the same general signification.2 1 He speaks of duochereiai logikai, that is, “difficult points,” protasis logike, aporia logike. ⇑ 2 Cic. in Lucullo: Dialecticam inventam esse, veri et falsi quasi disceptatricem. Topica, c. 2: Stoici enim judicandi vias diligenter persecuti sunt, ea scientia, quam Dialecticen appellant. Quint., lib. ii., 12: Itaque haec pars dialecticae, sive illam disputatricem dicere malimus; and with him this latter word appears to be the Latin equivalent for Dialectic. (So far according to “Petri Rami dialectics, Audomari Talaei praelectionibus illustrata”. 1569.) ⇑ |
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The name Dialectic was, as we are informed by Diogenes Laertius, first used by Plato; and in the ''Phaedrus'', ''Sophist'', ''Republic'', bk. vii., and elsewhere, we find that by Dialectic he means the regular employment of the reason, and skill in the practice of it. Aristotle also uses the word in this sense; but, according to Laurentius Valla, he was the first to use Logic too in a similar way.[^He speaks of ''duochereiai logikai'', that is, “difficult points,” ''protasis logike'', ''aporia logike''.^] Dialectic, therefore, seems to be an older word than Logic. Cicero and Quintilian use the words in the same general signification.[^Cic. in ''Lucullo: Dialecticam inventam esse, veri et falsi quasi disceptatricem''. ''Topica'', c. 2: ''Stoici enim judicandi vias diligenter persecuti sunt, ea scientia, quam'' Dialecticen ''appellant''. Quint., lib. ii., 12: ''Itaque haec pars dialecticae, sive illam disputatricem dicere malimus''; and with him this latter word appears to be the Latin equivalent for Dialectic. (So far according to “Petri Rami dialectics, Audomari Talaei praelectionibus illustrata”. 1569.)^] [^#^] |
The name Dialectic was, as we are informed by Diogenes Laertius, first used by Plato; and in the Phaedrus, Sophist, Republic, bk. vii., and elsewhere, we find that by Dialectic he means the regular employment of the reason, and skill in the practice of it. Aristotle also uses the word in this sense; but, according to Laurentius Valla, he was the first to use Logic too in a similar way.1 Dialectic, therefore, seems to be an older word than Logic. Cicero and Quintilian use the words in the same general signification.2 1 He speaks of duochereiai logikai, that is, “difficult points,” protasis logike, aporia logike. ⇑ 2 Cic. in Lucullo: Dialecticam inventam esse, veri et falsi quasi disceptatricem. Topica, c. 2: Stoici enim judicandi vias diligenter persecuti sunt, ea scientia, quam Dialecticen appellant. Quint., lib. ii., 12: Itaque haec pars dialecticae, sive illam disputatricem dicere malimus; and with him this latter word appears to be the Latin equivalent for Dialectic. (So far according to “Petri Rami dialectics, Audomari Talaei praelectionibus illustrata”. 1569.) ⇑ |
