Definition of "parallels" []

• Plural form of parallel. (noun)

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• "Nor does any problem arise from identifying both Socrates's humanity and his animality, say, with Socrates himself, despite these particularised properties being instances of different universals, for this entirely parallels the fact that Socrates himself is an instance both of human-kind and of animal-kind ” indeed, ˜parallels™ is too weak a term on the present view, since on this view these two ways of talking reflect only a distinction of reason."
• "When my father told me the story of this ancestor, that was one of the first things I thought of -- that there were certain parallels to The"
• "Your idea of historical parallels is about as extreme (and completely incorrect) as a right-whining homo-phobe can get!"