não se devem compor os argumentos com partes irracionais

English translation: arguments should not include irrational elements

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Portuguese term or phrase:não se devem compor os argumentos com partes irracionais
English translation:arguments should not include irrational elements
Entered by: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

13:52 Sep 11, 2016
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy
Portuguese term or phrase: não se devem compor os argumentos com partes irracionais
Deve-se escolher, de preferência, o impossível que é verossímil ao possível não persuasivo; não se devem compor os argumentos com partes irracionais; acima de tudo, não deve haver nada de irracional.
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arguments should not include irrational elements
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4 +2arguments should not include irrational elements
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4 +1arguments should not be built on irrational premises
Muriel Vasconcellos
4arguments should not be made irrationally
Valter Miranda
3Within the action there must be nothing irrational.
Ana Vozone


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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
arguments should not include irrational elements


Explanation:
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 08:48
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Obrigada, Teresa!

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agree  Katarina Peters
41 mins
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agree  Mario Freitas:
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
arguments should not be made irrationally


Explanation:
De uma forma mais simples

Valter Miranda
Local time: 09:48
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Within the action there must be nothing irrational.


Explanation:
Argumento aqui tem o sentido de "action" (argumento de um filme, por exemplo).

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Ana Vozone
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
arguments should not be built on irrational premises


Explanation:
I think 'built' is a good equivalent of "compor" and premises fits the philosophical context.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 01:48
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PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  Richard Purdom
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