doctrine of analogy

1. One must see the molecular doctrine at work in physical theory to get a proper notion of molecules, and this is not a matter of analogy, nor of description at all.
   要想获得分子的恰当概念，人们必须去学习物理学理论中的分子理论。
2. The doctrine of analogy of Thomas plays an important role in his theory of natural law.
   托马斯的类比学说在其自然法思想中扮演了重要的角色。

noun

1. the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater

   Synonym:    analogy