ABSTRACT
The Danish word Paradox (Greek, παράδοξον) refers to a statement or assertion that appears contrary to plain belief, something that moves beyond an ability to justify or prove. Therefore, things that are said to be “paradoxical” exhibit the quality of something unusual, surprising, or exaggerated.1 Kierkegaard’s 1833 edition of Molbech’s Danish Dictionary defines the concept “paradox” as something contradictory, something contrary to the most likely meaning or explanation.2
