| 单词 | logomachy |
| 例句 | Sweeping the subject-matter clear of all logomachies, he lets the light of common day fall upon it. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z But a greater champion than William was needed to wipe away what seems to the world the cobwebs of mediæval logomachy. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Gradually, from their pressure upon his spirit, he grew conscious of the outcome—they would not be content with logomachies; the end might be death. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The debate thus turns on a question of terminology—that is to say, on a vain and barren logomachy. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z Later Lutherans treated the controversy as a useless logomachy. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Our march to the sealing-ground was enlivened by a little logomachy, or wordy war, between the first mate and the doctor. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z He fears that they will obtain a prestige which will enable them to crush him and sweep his pretended knowledge into the limbo of alchemy and astrology and scholastic logomachy. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z Both the adverse parties triumphed; that is usual in these logomachies; but the Romanists account for the success of the Reformed by the circumstance that their judges were Reformers. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z In every discussion, the first thing to be settled is the point in dispute; and if this be omitted, the controversy must needs degenerate into a mere idle logomachy. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z There is no such thing as stilted language amongst them, and logomachy is unknown. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Particularly in America, one discovers her intellectual fog in the continual use of such words as mental, elemental, cosmic, universality, social harmony, essential cosmos, and other similar ornaments of the modern logomachy. The Intelligence of Woman And to be told that, in putting aside these logomachies, he is depriving himself of intellectual and moral comfort, is for the rationalist no perturbing experience. Rationalism This “confusion of words” thickened, till the Jesuits introduced in this logomachy with the Jansenists papal bulls, royal edicts, and a regiment of dragoons! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 How innocent was this gentleman of the arts and stratagems of logomachy, or book-wars! Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Once get beyond the Ten Commandments and you will sink in a bottomless morass of argument, counterargument, quibble, logomachy, superstition, and confusion worse confounded. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Abstract discussions about person, nature and union of natures soon degenerate into logomachies. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology The document is clear, logical, precise and not wordy: not in the style of the State Department logomachy. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 There have been few councils or synods where the omission or addition of a word or a phrase might not have terminated an interminable logomachy! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The literary duels between Hobbes and another hero celebrated in logomachy, the Catholic priest, Thomas White, have been recorded by Wood. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Sometimes, perhaps, they will lose themselves in endless subtleties and logomachies and construct cobwebs of the brain, predestined to the rubbish-heap of extinct philosophies. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies This is the question, and let it not be lost sight of in a cloud of logomachy. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Certain influences took the wind out of Seward's sails, and as a naughty, arrogant boy, he was left behind to bite his nails, and to pour out a logomachy. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 A theological logomachy was substituted by the sullen and proud ascetics who ascended into power. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Reid and his successors were quite as much alive as Locke to the danger of falling into mere scholastic logomachy. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. First of all, I conceive that, as I have indicated, a really scientific habit of thought would dispel many hopeless logomachies. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies These theologians were, on the one hand, opposed to all unnecessary logomachies i.e., controversies involving no doctrinal differences, and, at the same time, were most careful not to fall into any extreme position themselves. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Cobden, Cobden the friend of the Union, can no more stand Mr. Seward's confused logomachy, and in a speech sneers at Mr. Seward's dispatches. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 After triumphing for a season, it has been of late years often treated with contempt, and sometimes banished to the limbo of extinct logomachies. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill He had exploded the scholastic system, which had become a mere mass of logomachies and an incubus upon scientific progress. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. But I am forced to think that, as they are generally stated, they can lead to nothing but logomachy. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies They wander wearily through the mazes of psychological detail or wage almost childish logomachies over the interpretation of each other's essays. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge All the same logomachy, all the same cold patriotism, all the same I, and all the same squint towards the next presidential election. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Brother Copas," he said with a change of voice, "we lose ourselves in logomachy, and I had rather hark back to a word you let drop a while ago about the Brotherhood. Brother Copas Such lumbering logomachy is always injurious and oppressive to men of spirit, imagination or intellectual honour, and it has dealt very recklessly and wrongly with Bernard Shaw. George Bernard Shaw A: Abuse of words, logomachy, equivocation; theft could not be committed at Sparta, when everything was common property. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary More fascinating still, perhaps, are the word-master’s conversations with Jasper; most wonderful of all, in the opinion of many, is his logomachy with Ursula under the thorn bush. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 In Europe, the substance of Seward's dispatch, is considered the passage where Seward's highfalutin logomachy offers to the rebels their vacant seats in the Congress. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 To avoid logomachy, arising from the use of the same phrase in different senses, we prefer the expression literal and typical sense. Companion to the Bible If his life had been destined to be prolonged I should have done all in my power to have induced him to occupy himself more with observation and less with mere logomachy. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 A similar logomachy has marked the course of Milton's champions; words like sharp swords have been wielded by ignorance, and have injured the poet's true fame. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction This rare old lady wrote lively, interesting letters on all current topics, and was as eager to win at whist, backgammon, or logomachy as a child. Memories and Anecdotes The balderdash of philosophers and scholars, the logomachy of the Middle Ages, thenceforth held absolute sway. Against the Grain We see from these considerations how easily the question of whether the function of concepts is theoretical or practical may grow into a logomachy. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy Two theologues once, as they wended their way To chapel, engaged in colloquial fray— An earnest logomachy, bitter as gall, Concerning poor Adam and what made him fall. The Devil's Dictionary “Our difference as to ‘pity,’ I suspect, was a logomachy of my making. Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial After a time this "progressive" logomachy had reached a crisis of tedium; Lord Galloway got up also and sought the drawing-room. The Innocence of Father Brown Wit is not thy strong point, friend Arnelm; and yet it is strange that in the sharp encounter of ready tongues and idle logomachies thou hast sometimes the advantage. Vivian Grey While perfectly willing to watch the logomachy when it should arrive, I had no wish to take part. A Woman Tenderfoot There has been endless comparison of Sophocles' 'King Oedipus' and endless logomachy about free-will and predestination in their relation to guilt. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Nothing was left me but to obey, and plod on against my will in the clay of logomachies for eight whole years. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 On pragmatist principles therefore, a dispute over self- transcendency is a pure logomachy. Meaning of Truth Sophistry, logomachy, eristic: we may learn what these are, sometimes, from Plato's own practice. Plato and Platonism Aunty, meanwhile, having retired badly worsted from her encounter with Albert, who showed a skill in logomachy that marked him out as a future labour member, was consoling herself with meat sandwiches. Love Among the Chickens But why revive the echoes of the ancient logomachies? In the Days of the Comet And suppose he tackled me again with this logomachy, which might vainly have been set before ancient Oedipus. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Can any words more exactly describe the political reasonings of Mr Mill than those in which Lord Bacon thus describes the logomachies of the schoolmen? Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Or it lapses into "eristic"—into an argument for its own sake; or sinks into logomachy, a mere dispute about words. Plato and Platonism Heaven forbid that I should once more wade in those swamps of logomachy and tautology in which the old guard of the Determinists still seem to be floundering. Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays Saxon, on the contrary, delighted in the logomachy, though little enough she understood of it, following mainly by feeling, and once in a while catching a high light. The Valley of the Moon It was in such dark moments that Benham was most persecuted by his memories of Amanda and most distressed by this suspicion that the Research Magnificent was a priggishness, a pretentious logomachy. The Research Magnificent Their logomachy was far more stimulating to his intellect than the reserved and quiet dogmatism of Mr. Morse. Martin Eden |
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