| 单词 | sophism |
| 例句 | “What he uttered is just sophism of an imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being, let alone a politician,” the North Korean news agency said. From Japan, Trump doubles down on Biden criticism and embrace of... 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z That prompted a Foreign Ministry official to say Pompeo had been “letting loose reckless remarks and sophism of all kinds against us every day.” Pompeo shrugs off North Korea’s insults, says he will remain negotiator 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z It called his speech at the UN "thrice-cursed sophism made by the mentally deranged hooligan". How to decode North Korea's rhetoric 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Guidelines as a Disservice But for us it is not “truth” but an erosion of the patient-physician contract for an empathic trusting relationship and more often than not, a sophism. How Clinical Guidelines Can Fail Both Doctors and Patients 2013-11-22T17:45:02.257Z I will not say, with certain theologians, "There are false prophets, therefore there are true ones," for that is a sophism of the worst kind. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z But always the archdeacon's grave face rose before him, and he rejected the clever fictions and the sophisms in support of them, which his ingenuity was now so quick to suggest. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z He says indeed that by experiment only can we distinguish a sophism from a demonstration. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z But it is not possible: phantasies, sophisms, castles in the air, have been constructed in this way, but science never. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z But the holy Pontiff, in his Encyclical of November 21, 1873, exposed the hypocritical sophisms of the Emperor, and upheld both the Centre and the bishops in the magnificent work they were carrying on. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z He had so trained and furnished his mind that it rejected instinctively a sophism or a false pretence. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z The New York Daily Times, Washington letter, dated June 9: Douglas was much disconcerted to-day by Senator Trumbull's keen exposure of his Nebraska sophism. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z It is indeed a sad state of things to make such a sophism necessary. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z This is illustrated by a multitude of demonstrations of false doctrines and sophisms of every kind. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The vagaries of sophism in the English-speaking world were hardly less prolific than in Continental Europe. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Truth and falsehood, sincerity and deceit, logic and sophism are sporting with gracefulness in this singularly astonishing document. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z Mr. Trumbull brought his flail down upon this pair of sophisms with resounding force. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z Let us not be imposed upon by sophisms; all that concerns this is reduced to four points. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z Theoretical egoism can never be demonstrably refuted, yet in philosophy it has never been used otherwise than as a sceptical sophism, i.e., a pretence. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z And first as to the theme around which the author has woven his network of sophisms. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z He unmasked the sophisms of crowned crime, comforted weak hearts, and restored to honest men right notions of moral law, which had been momentarily obscured. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z There never was a collection of more glaring contradictions, more gaudy sophisms, than the youthful orator's declamatory harangue. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z "But to promise to abjure under condition of being set free, is to bind oneself to abjure," answered Joan, disconcerted by the canon's sophism. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z In order to decide whether they are valid arguments or “sophisms,” it is necessary to guess at the tacit premisses, and to decide who was the “homo” at whom they were aimed. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z It is therefore necessary to ward off or prevent these sophisms by a thorough discussion of principles. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z The greatest sophism with which the race has ever been cursed is that hoary one of the lazy preacher: “Do as I say, not as I do.” The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z And hence the preciousness of that admirable and unanswerable exposition, which has put down, once and for ever, the artful sophisms of nullification. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z It may be a sophism by which you are trying to lull your conscience, but it is my duty to rouse you. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z Innumerable sophisms are suffered to pass in consequence of Some brilliancy of position which, dazzles us and prevents our seeing that they are wide of the' mark of reason. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z Résumé of the discussion on suicide.—From the above point of view the sophisms of Saint-Preux in J. J. Rousseau are easily controverted. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z You wish by your sophisms to drive me to sacrifice my virtue, merely to prove that I am noble and unselfish, that I love the man and not the count. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z My question is avoided, and a new sophism given me which is also untrue. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z The feeling which lends its aid to such a sophism, is promoted by the prevailing philosophy in respect to what are called "woman's rights." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z "Don't make labored excuses for him which you feel, in your soul, are paltry sophisms!" burst out Jessie, impatiently. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z I cannot make sophisms to deceive men without having first inwardly combined these sophisms through the faculty of thinking which is in me. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z There are your sophisms again, against which my natural intuition strives with so much difficulty. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Reflection is the theatre of the combats which reason engages in with itself, with doubt, sophism, and error. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z The fundamental source of all your errors, sophisms, and false reasonings, is a total ignorance of the natural rights of mankind. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z If it is a sophism, it certainly can be exposed, and it should be done. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z It often happens that evil has its origin in the sophisms of the mind, sophisms ever at the service of the passions. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z In the palimpsest, these sophisms, which have been revived in modern times by Mandeville and others, are interrupted by frequent chasms in the MS. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z You have only a false semblance of property; and all the efforts of passion, all the sophisms of interest will not reverse the essential differences. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Such sophisms arise from accepting the purely abstract view of reality as adequate. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z The cause of a thing, and the indispensable condition of it, are perfectly distinct from each other; and the argument of Day, in confounding them, has presented us with another sophism. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z In fact, men often, to divert themselves from the right when they wish to do certain bad actions, fight their own conscience with sophisms. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z The sophisms of the enemy and the manifold strategy of his attack We have already touched upon. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z Intelligence in its turn finds, in the heart, a rampart against sophism. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z FREIND.—A young theologian would answer these sad truths by sophisms, backed with quotations from St. Basil and St. Cyril. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z This sophism confounds the axiomatical necessity referred to in the premise, that it must rain or not rain, with the causal necessity intended to be deduced from it in the conclusion. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z Good sense or judgment.—Errors committed in ordinary life: sophisms of self-love, interest, and passion.—Other sophisms founded on false appearances.—Logical rules. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z His love still often rebelled with brilliant sophisms against the resolution of renunciation; it was a course of tempest's triumphant passion, which hoped to destroy as mere prejudice the resistance of an invincible feeling. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z Here commences the strife between sophism and common sense, between false science and natural truth, between good and bad philosophy, both of which come from free reflection. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z By means of unworthy sophisms, your friend Fra Girard has perverted your one-time sense of right and wrong! The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Nothing can be proved in this way, except what is assumed or taken for granted; and the foreknowledge of God is only a plausible way of begging the question, or concealing a sophism. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z Another consequence: the culture of the mind engenders sophisms, false systems, and dangerous doubts about religion and morality. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z There is nothing—no fallacy, no moral sophism, that would not be used to attain such an end. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z It is this, that every truth is overshadowed by a sophism, more like the truth than truth itself. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Sensible men think there are some whims, some sophisms, some artful addresses to superstitious notions, some keen attempts upon the passions, in this pamphlet. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams It only furnishes a very convenient and plausible method of begging the question, or of seeming to prove something by hiding our sophisms in the blaze of the divine attributes. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z That reflection may conduce more toward restoring peace to my bosom," said the Captain, "than all the sophisms of philosophy! The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I The “mono” is the essence of Mr. Lepper’s scheme; the bimetallic part of it is sophism and green cheese. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Hans did not laugh in his turn, but facing round simply said— “Every truth is overshadowed by a sophism more like the truth than truth itself!” The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Without denying that I have yielded, now and then, but rarely, to some trivial weakness of our human nature, I protest that I have never corrupted a woman's thoughts with sophisms. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second This poor sophism has been adopted by Mr. Locke, and seriously employed to prove that human volitions “cannot be free.” An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z It warps also Ruskin's view of art itself; its sophisms force him to contradict, to stifle his own artistic instincts. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Her favors, however, were not to be won, as usual, by the payment of gold, but through the invention or solution of a difficult sophism. Greek Women He was well aware that the merchant was now dealing in sophisms, though his simple intellect could not quite get at the root of their fallacy. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries “Why, yes it can,” replied her companion, who delighted in bringing the young girl out, as he said, and plying her with specious sophisms. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion With what clearness! with what force! would President Edwards have dashed this poor flimsy sophism into a thousand atoms, if he had come across it in the atheism of Hobbes! An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z An instance of this is seen in the sophism:— He who is most hungry eats most. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Many cynical sophisms and apothegms are attributed to Hipparchia, who became one of the most prominent members of the school. Greek Women Those whom fortune has favored may, until the day of doom, invent sophisms to veil their selfishness, but they cannot get rid of the obligations resting upon them—without discharging them. A Canadian Bankclerk This sophism imposed upon a portion of the patriots of that day. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. Surely, if “a reluctant world has bowed in homage” to his logic, it must have been because the world has been too indolent to pry into the sophisms with which it swarms. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z The exposure of this sophism is an example also of the value of a technical term. Logic, Inductive and Deductive The Dialecticians found in their system the widest range for feminine cleverness of speech, and defended hetairism with the greatest subtlety and the most ingenious sophism. Greek Women Timar forgot the sophism that he offered Timéa something besides the treasures which were hers—himself—and in exchange demanded the girl's heart, and that this was a deception, and like taking her by force. Timar's Two Worlds The second age of Greek philosophy ended in sophism, the third in scepticism. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition A sophism of the political economists assures us that national wellbeing increases proportionally with the increase in the consumption of commodities. The Forerunners Let us not be imposed on by sophisms; all that concerns this is reduced to four points. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Then I explained my magical sophisms by the hallucination of words! Ivory Apes and Peacocks And yet I have heard the miserable sophism of unprincipled power against which it was directed—a sophism so insulting to the dignity of honest poverty—a thousand times repeated. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative Commenting on these passages, Brandes observes: "These truths, which are considered elemental with our cultured classes, were 'sophisms that cried to heaven' only fifty years ago." Woman under socialism The first, occupying three-fourths of the book, is an attack upon the masters of the hour, war, fatherland, and race; an attack upon the reigning sophisms. The Forerunners No nervous irritation, no hard words, no passionate recriminations, no flinching from unexpected difficulties, no substitution of declamatory sophisms for rigorous inferences—but close, calm, ruthless grapple of thought with thought. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 A fair account of the Agnostic position is then given, after which it is severely observed that "the better feelings of man contradict these sophisms." Arrows of Freethought We cannot help thinking that in this instance, the usually thoughtful Lewes has either confused substance with its modes, or, for the sake of producing a temporary effect, has descended to mere sophism. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." The cast-off sophisms and rhetorical rubbish of a past generation are patched up, scoured, and offered to the credulous present as something novel and excellent. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 But Nicolai is ruthless in attack, and part of his book is a pitiless satire upon all the sophisms wherewith in our folly we attempt to justify war—the executioner's axe poised over our heads. The Forerunners On one occasion, brought to bay by a sophism, I answered unwisely, but made a good friend. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 But if the abstract laws of thought themselves are confined in the limits of one kind of intelligence, then we cannot take an appeal to them to attack this sophism. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion "I am but an ape among apes," he said, using his pet private sophism. Dreamers of the Ghetto These have since been shown to be miserable sophisms. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule II We have seen with how much energy G. F. Nicolai condemns the absurdity of war and the sophisms which serve for its support. The Forerunners This silence, which proves nothing, greatly impresses unreflecting historians; it is the origin of the widespread sophism of the "good old times." Introduction to the Study of History After scattering a few of the showy sophisms which the orator of the opposition had constructed into his specious argument, I placed the war on the ground of necessity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Marriage at eleven could by no stretch of sophism be called a voluntary act. Dreamers of the Ghetto We must brush away the sophisms which insist that all standards are merely relative, and that time and place alone decide on right and wrong. An Ethnologist's View of History An Address Before the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Historical Society, at Trenton, New Jersey, January 28, 1896 It is based on theological juggling and traditional sophisms. The Book of Khalid Curst be thy sophisms! cunningly contriv'd The callous coldness of thy heart to cover, And screen thee from the brave man's detestation. André It contained only “lame and doubtful reasonings—such arguments as are termed paralogisms or involuntary sophisms, which escape the notice of their authors.” Pius IX. And His Time This is the radical sophism of the whole volume. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Mr. Geary looked at the boy for an instant as though in doubt whether he had heard a sophism or a mere impertinence. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar In regard to this, however, we shall be exceedingly brief, as we are sick of his sophisms, and long to be delivered from the pursuit of them. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject If such miserable sophisms were to prevail, there would never be a good house or a good government in the world.” English: Composition and Literature This subject of the extension of suffrage must be put upon practical grounds and extricated from the sophisms of theoretical reasoning. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II They cannot be altogether cheated out of their rights by sophisms and quibbling. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 He found himself reduced to the absurd predicament of deciding to banish her from his thoughts—a last sophism which showed him, all too clearly, how wretched he was. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange In pursuance of this design, there is another sophism of theirs, which it now devolves upon us to examine. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject A sophism, indeed, is the chivalry of the savage. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West This objection staggers them a little, but they always come back to their reasoning, turned in different points of view, until we cause them to comprehend in what the defect of their sophism consists. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory "Hence comes the strife between sophism and common sense, between false science and natural truth, between good and bad philosophy, both of which come from free reflection." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The electors, as eminent men exceptionally well informed, and screened from the sophisms of demagogues, might hold little conventions and select the best possible candidates, using in every case their own unfettered judgment. The Critical Period of American History April 25, 1548 he wrote to Camerarius that the Interim corrupted the truth in the doctrine of justification, and that he was unable to assent to its sophisms. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The bureaucrat who had never sworn by other economic lawgivers than Adam Smith and his followers, now accepts Professor Adolphus Wagner's ever-changing sophisms. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Hence, we do not oppose the shield of faith to his argument; we hold it in triumph over his exploded sophism. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory The transitional age--the age of doubt, of inquiry, and of ill-directed mental effort, ending in fruitless sophism, or in skepticism. 3d. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The declaration is an awkward attempt to saturate sophism with truism; but the sophism is left largely in excess. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Here we read, in substance: In his Testament Major covers his error with the same sophism which he employed in his former writings. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church It is impossible to keep beyond the reach of the sarcasms and sophisms, the insidious and pestilent teachings, of modern infidelity. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Hence, in grappling with the supposed great difficulty in question, we do not undertake to remove a veil from the universe—we simply undertake to remove a sophism from our own minds. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory How does he drown the clamors of passion, the calculations of mere expediency, the sophism of mere personal interest and utility. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Note the sophism of expressing our coin in terms of the penny, which we abandon, instead of the florin, which we retain. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II No doubt can darken such a truth; no sophism can confute this clear principle. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 Let it once decay at the heart, and its good work and good thoughts will become subtle luxury and aimless sophism; and it and they will perish together. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature By pursuing this method it will be seen, and clearly seen, that “the great demonstration” which has led so many philosophers in chains, is, after all, a sophism. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory There is a lurking sophism in the whole phraseology of Hamilton in regard to this subject. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The Devil supported him in this idea by sophisms, which later philosophers have worked up into systems. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom It is, however, of great service to point them out; for the doctrine of idols bears the same relation to the interpretation of nature as that of the confutation of sophisms does to common logic. Manhood of Humanity. It was the strange sophism out of which Bacon again was set to compose a sedative for the popular emotion. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography On the contrary, we intend to show, so clearly and so unequivocally that every eye may see it, that the great boasted demonstration in favour of necessity is a prodigious sophism. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory He can utter a number of truths or sophisms, as the case may be, and one is as good to him as another. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin It has no other origin than abuse of strength, and it is to no purpose that attempts are made to excuse it by sophisms. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 3: Condorcet And yet his inability to tear the sophism to tatters was not the sole cause of the silence. The Justice of the King I can follow my reasonings, and I hear on the other side, the sophisms my double breathes in me. En Route It is not to do some great thing—it is simply to refute the sophism of the atheist. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Julian very quietly tore the miserable sophism to shreds, and said, “There is but one way to describe these vices, Hazlet,—they are deadly, bitter, ruinous.” Julian Home Every one would have seen, without assistance, its flagrant falsifications, its gross sophisms, its absolute emptiness. To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work But the sophism, and he knew it to be a sophism, was too subtle for him, and his safest refuge was silence. The Justice of the King The first sophism consists in asking ourselves if there is such a thing as duty in the abstract, or if this word does not cover one of the numerous illusions of our forefathers. The Simple Life Such is the argument of the atheist; and sad indeed must be the condition of the Christian world if it be forever unable to meet and refute such a sophism. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory It is probable that the sophism soothed my conscience at the moment, though I could never escape the promise that sealed my agreement with Lieutenant Seagram. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Why else,' he continues, using a remarkable sophism, 'are Luther and Melanchthon compelled to call back the people so urgently to the love of letters?' Erasmus and the Age of Reformation So early was the rational answer ready for those socialistic sophisms which for so many years misled the most generous part of French intelligence. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot It addresses itself to the enthusiastic temperament of Frenchmen, with the specious sophism, underlying its argument, that the South is fighting for ideas, the North for power. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy We repeat, it is simply to refute and explode the sophism of the atheist. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory The cowardly sophism had been heard too often. The Reign of Mary Tudor A fallacy is a sophism, a logical artifice, a deceitful or false appearance; while specious means having the appearance of truth, plausible. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time, by which philosophers as well as ecclesiastics brought falsehood and hypocrisy within the four corners of a decent doctrine of truth and morality. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot This is a sophism largely current abroad, and not without its dupes even at home. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy As such, we set aside this stupendous sophism, whose dark shadow has so long rested on the beauty of the world, obscuring the intrinsic majesty and glory of the infinite goodness therein displayed. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory It is obvious that this is a sophism clearly opposed to sound reasoning, and to the first principles of the philosophy of the moral feelings. The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings Since sophism came in, which was with Monsieur Cain, when he asked, 'Am I my brother's keeper?' Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida Truth is not mocked, and these sophisms bore their fruit in due season. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot Then begins the poor animal to entangle himself in sophisms and to flounder in absurdity.’ Obiter Dicta Second Series This cuts off the objection of Voltaire, and explodes the grand sophism on which it is based. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory The sophism we are told is only apparent. Short Studies on Great Subjects The lady-killers and men of pleasure will scorn it, for it exposes many of their claims and vices, which they labor to hide with glittering veils of dazzling sophisms. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. These were old sophisms—good, at the best, for the clubs of the faubourgs, which had been awakened in his memory, and by which he had been duped. Ten Tales This political sophism of identity between sovereign and despotic power has led, and continues to lead, into many vagaries, some of the statists of this our happy but disputatious Union. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. It does not analyze the sophism of the sceptic, or resolve it into its elements, and point out its error; it merely opposes its conclusion by the presentation of a contrary argument. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Such is your language, and what I most lament is the circumstance that your miserable sophisms have so perverted public opinion that they are appealed to in support of all forms of legalized spoliation. Sophisms of the Protectionists For there are not only thousands, but millions, of Roman Catholic girls and women whose keen sense of modesty and womanly dignity are above all the sophisms and diabolical machinations of their priests. The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional Therefore, quicken and multiply your sophisms and you quicken and multiply your own pleasure or your own pain. The Child of Pleasure It is not a morale supported by learning, sophisms and quotations, it is an elementary power which is not a possession, but which has possession of everybody. Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) In the prosecution of this inquiry, we have appeared to ourselves to find, that this boasted scheme of necessity is neither more nor less than one grand tissue of sophisms. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory To sift thoroughly this sophism, it is sufficient to remember that human labor is not an end, but a means. Sophisms of the Protectionists The congregation became greatly interested at this point, and allowed themselves to be swept forward by a violent sophism which carried the preacher far beyond the original statement of Solomon. The Simpkins Plot When the wise fool attempted to prove his own existence by the celebrated sophism, "I think, therefore I exist," he necessarily postulated his existence in order to prove it. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity You have but a false semblance of property: and all the efforts of the passions, all the sophisms of interest, will not overturn essential differences. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry But this is not to analyze the argument itself, and show it to be a sophism. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory This sophism, stated in a general form, would produce but a slight impression. Sophisms of the Protectionists The usual commentators, in their treatment of this passage, have exhibited a long continued series of perversions and sophisms, affording a strong example of unconscious prejudice. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Ignorance, hypothesis, assumption of facts, sophisms, begging the question, and the like, are wholly impertinent in any such discussion. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity His mind gave hospitable welcome to each new fact disclosed by science, to all generous hopes for human refinement and ennobling ideals, while his discernment was keen to detect false sentiment or flashy sophisms. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter I exclaim, if any man attempts to fling dust in my eyes by false syllogism, or any mode of dialectic sophism. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Do not they borrow from her the sophisms of protection? Sophisms of the Protectionists He told Silo that he was from purgatory, that the cowl weighed on him worse than a tower, and said he was doomed to wear it for the pride he took in sophisms. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life But every step of this sophism is in error. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity But Hume follows him even here, though only in a note, as if he thought the extinction of so transparent a sophism hardly worthy of the dignity of his text. Hume (English Men of Letters Series) Who knows whether conscience was not already murmuring a reproach, and showing him how trivial were all the sophisms which had been woven around him? Life of St. Francis of Assisi I know very well you always have a sophism ready. Sophisms of the Protectionists Another sophism almost universally accepted needs to be shown. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The sophisms of Columbus were worth more than all the science of Salamanca. Lectures on Modern history Finally, we have produced a lot of economists and social philosophers who have invented sophisms for fitting our thinking to the distorted facts. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other The sophism is barely specious; Francis was not on a par with his successors; he did not act as minister-general, but as founder. Life of St. Francis of Assisi Whenever the protectionists desire, they will find me ready to examine the sophisms of the ricochets, which, indeed, may be invoked in support of all species of robbery and fraud. Sophisms of the Protectionists To force it to discredit our claim to a divine descent and an endless inheritance is a glaring sophism. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life This unintelligible sophism not convincing Williams, he was, for this, and for his other heresies, banished by the magistrates, as a disturber of the peace of the church, and of the commonwealth. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States If we may judge from reiteration in his speeches, no sophism angered him quite so much as the very popular sophism which defended slavery by presenting a literal equality as the real alternative to it. Abraham Lincoln But a false wisdom obscures these clear verities by clouds of sophisms. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism Away, then, with these miserable sophisms, fathers of the country, and have no more doubt of the omnipotence of a free people. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution I never knew a man who was helped by being a deserter, sir," was the Sergeant's answer to the chaplain's kindly sophism, "but Lawrence is a penitent man—that I see with my own eyes. Betty at Fort Blizzard We marvelled that a man of his sagacity should venture on so gross a sophism. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. You win approaches by artful counterfeit of earnestness, and dash away any naïveté of confidence with some brave sophism of the world. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons We are convinced that by these researches, we have eradicated the previous misconception, which cannot be revived or maintained except with the weapons of sophism, and by defying evidence and the very nature of things. Myth and Science An Essay By this means I think that every sophism brought against the Sceptical formulae can be overturned. Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism This objection causes most perplexity to people in general, and yet it is purely a sophism. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil These illustrious men found their best tools in the Rabbis, who circulated the sophism that the people who followed the teaching of this man must quickly come to ruin. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross Her reasonings are mere sophisms; they could persuade no man. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Vauvenargues was sufficiently free from all taint of the pedagogue or the preacher to have dispelled the sophisms of licence, less by argument than by the gracious attraction of virtue in his own character. Critical Miscellanies (Vol 2 of 3) Essay 1: Vauvenargues "A base sophism, Frank, mere sophistry, as you know: a good lunch is better than a bad one for any living man." Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 Moreover, these arguments prove too much, since they would prove just as much against hypothetical necessity, and would justify the lazy sophism. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Am I a dead dog, to be pelted with such sophisms? Hetty Wesley It has not escaped me,—I remember it well; but it seems to have escaped you, that it is a very transparent sophism. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic He was justifiable, therefore, in avoiding these by evasions, by sophisms, by misconstructions, and misapplications of scraps of the prophets, and in defending himself with these their own weapons, as sufficient, ad homines, at least. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Let us be brief; behind certain sophisms the hand of the original Commander-in-Chief of the army of the East was suspected to be seen! Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men This objection, then, differs hardly at all from the lazy sophism, which we raise against the certainty as well as the necessity of future events. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil But the theological position from which they started was a sophism; and, like the movements of a traveller who has mistaken his way, every step of their progress was an advance in a wrong direction. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution It was an arena where arguments were perpetually clashing, a battlefield of disputes, resounding with sophisms and subtle questions. The Life of Jesus But fashion and authority apart, and bringing Plato to the test of reason, take from him, his sophisms, futilities, and incomprehensibilities, and what remains? Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 So difficult it is for men inflamed by religious prejudices, interests, and animosities to keep clear of sophisms, which can impose on none but themselves. An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles The sophism which ends in a decision to trouble oneself over nothing will haply be useful sometimes to induce certain people to face danger fearlessly. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil She could have laughed at the sophism that one chooses always that which pleases one most. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel As Lincoln had predicted, Douglas had no resource but to repeat the sophism he had hastily invented in his Springfield speech of the previous year. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History It must be confessed that our French writers are the only ones who can in this manner every morning embellish the same sophism, and who hug themselves in the very superfluity of servitude. Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. Insidiously to employ the words contrivance, design and adaptation, before these circumstances are apparent in the universe, thence justly inferring a contriver, is a popular sophism against which it behoves us to be watchful. An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles Finally I will make it plain that the hypothetical and the moral necessity which subsist in free actions are open to no objection, and that the 'Lazy Reason' is a pure sophism. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil As skilful divers to the bottom fall Swifter than they who cannot swim at all, So in the sea of sophisms, to my thinking. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 In the course of the next joint debate at Jonesboro', Mr. Lincoln easily disposed of this sophism by showing: 1. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History In short, there is not one of its sophisms, which, if carried through by vigorous deductions, would not end in destruction and annihilation. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader Self-preservation is not theft; let us ease our conscience with this sophism … Ha! the ladder. The Grey Cloak This objection disconcerted them a little, but they always reverted to their argument, phrased in different ways, until they were brought to understand where the fault of the sophism lies. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil The sophism which this work is intended to refute is the more dangerous when applied to public works, inasmuch as it serves to justify the most wanton enterprises and extravagance. Essays on Political Economy With his singular felicity of statement, he analyzed and refuted the sophism that secession was lawful and constitutional. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History No sophism of political economy is more widely spread than the foregoing. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader But it was terrible in its slashing and exposure of the dogmatical sophisms of Jefferson. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest And to object that God therefore had need of external things is only a sophism. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil The sophism which I am here combating will not stand the test of progression, which is the touchstone of principles. Essays on Political Economy It is the ordinary and trite sophism of oppression. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) Our ignorance is the "raw material" of all extortion which is practised upon us, and we may be sure in advance that every sophism is the forerunner of a spoliation. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader But pretexts and sophisms have had their day, and have done their work. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) So difficult it is for men inflamed by prejudices, interests, and animosities, to keep clear of sophisms, which can impose on none but themselves. Superstition Unveiled In the first place, the word universal conceals a gross sophism. Essays on Political Economy He indulged neither in sophism nor circumlocution, but with bold and manly frankness, gave utterance to his honest opinions. Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians Good public, when you see a sophism, clap your hand on your pocket; for that is certainly the point at which it aims. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader "Let him be taught in school the falsity of the chief political sophisms." The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making But then it is a sophism to argue from thence that this immunity is the cause of my delight either on these or on any occasions. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) Whether this was the sophism by which Satan's victory was obtained, we presume not to determine. Sermons on Various Important Subjects Neglecting the rules of the Arts and throwing away the standard works of the Makers of the Arts, they catch in their sophisms, as in spiders' webs, the midges of their empty trifling phrases. Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities To sift thoroughly this sophism, it is sufficient to remember that human labor is not an end but a means. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader He follows those old-standing doctrinal sophisms laid down by human "science" but discredited by nature. Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration With the sophisms by which he sought to justify this action, we have no concern; perhaps he was not in reality much concerned about them. Father Stafford This sophism derives much, perhaps the whole of its currency from the assumption that there is some omnipotent and sacred supremacy pertaining to a State—to each State of our Federal Union. Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 Now, in this argument, which seems to be so clear and conclusive, there is a latent sophism, an assumption contrary to the Scriptures. Notes on the Apocalypse But then we shall be told, "destroy the sophism; prove that machines do not injure human labor, nor importations national industry." What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader He admits, of course, no approach to a love-scene; he uses no sophisms; but he does make us see through Clytemnestra's eyes and feel through her passions. The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes What is their sophism of "necessity" but an inability to imagine tomorrow morning? New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index From the sweet sophisms that my reason had called up, I turned, and there stood Despair, ready for me behind a phalanx of arguments, which laughed all Hope's 'ragged regiment' to scorn. Aylwin This trifler, this arch-contriver of words and sophisms, I know not to whom he can be formidable: tiresome he possibly will be. Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities So we arrive at this result: that all economical sophisms, despite their infinite variety, have this in common, that they confound the means with the end, and develop one at the expense of the other. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader This is not the place to enter into the special discussion of this sophism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 I am not one of those who are constantly preaching tolerance to the orthodox; this is the cause of numberless sophisms for the superficial minds in both camps. Recollections of My Youth They invented an ingenious sophism, which, if conceded, was followed by perfectly logical steps through all the incidents to the complete destruction of the Union. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln The arguments of the Jewish theology are cleverly presented, while the swift, sure sense of justice in the sufferer pierces all sophisms, and riddles all pious conventionalities. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible Let us terminate by a last and important observation this monograph of sophisms. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader You all remember Zeno's famous paradox, or sophism, as many of our logic books still call it, of Achilles and the tortoise. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy It was only a sophism, or what the fencing-master calls a feint. Essays of Schopenhauer For the moment, however, the sophism doubtless satisfied his many warm partisans. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 Let nobody tell me that this is a sophism, and that the one includes the other. Without Dogma A celebrated modern philosopher has added to the categories of Aristotle, the sophism which consists in including in one word the begging of the question. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader This proportionality of the shortness of the times to that of the spaces required frees us, it is claimed, from the sophism which the word 'never' suggests. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy If such miserable sophisms were to prevail, there never would be a good house or a good government in the world.... A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Will you find excuses in these sophisms for inflicting a mortal wound on me? The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Of all sophisms, that is the broadest which supposes personal liberty is extended by increasing the power of the community. The Crater To show that the thousand roads of error conduct to this generating sophism, is to teach the public to recognize it, to appreciate it—to distrust it under all circumstances. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader The common way of showing up the sophism here is by pointing out the ambiguity of the expression 'never can overtake.' A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy But, if while he was beating down sophisms and exposing false testimony, some childish prejudices, such as would excite laughter in a well managed nursery, came across him, he was smitten as if by enchantment. Famous Reviews But going beyond the scene of internal political discussion, and substituting observation for the eulogies and sophisms of the newspapers, had wrought divers changes in my opinion. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" Whether this were a sophism of sin or the logic of highest virtue, she, who would have blotted out her writing with her heart's blood, did not wait to weigh. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 Owing to the sophism which we are about to unveil, the petitioners merely reproduced the doctrine of protection to national labor, adding to it, however, another folly. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader An ingenious sophism might be raised upon it, to shew that the race of mankind will ultimately terminate in unity. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits I hear certain philosophers who answer me that all this discourse on the art that shines in the universe is but a continued sophism. The Existence of God "Distinction of sides is intended by Nature to imply distinction of colours"—such was the sophism which in those days flew from mouth to mouth, converting whole towns at a time to a new culture. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions All that is here alleged to their disadvantage, is in reality little better than a sophism. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not. Areopagitica A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England So I do not fall into the sophism refuted by St. Paul, when he forbids the vase to say to the potter: Why hast thou made me thus? System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery The syllogism, as everybody knows who is interested in philosophical curiosities, is the first and perpetual sophism of the human mind,—the favorite tool of falsehood, the stumbling-block of science, the advocate of crime. What is Property? "Distinction of sides is intended by Nature to imply distinction of colours"—such was the sophism which in those days flew from mouth to mouth, converting whole towns at a time to the new culture. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated) At times the conscience of the honest man resumed its breathing, so great was the discomfort of that air in which sophisms were intermingled with truths. Les Misérables No one could contradict oftener or more pertinaciously than he, or more flippantly substitute quotations and sophisms for reasoning, or rhetorical phrases for real bursts of feeling. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 This is an evil tendency, a delusion which the Academy cannot oppose too strongly, because it is not only a chimera, but a dangerous sophism. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery The sophism consists in admitting that historical knowledge has for its object the individual; but not the representation, it is added, so much as the concept of the individual. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Seeing me foiled, Charley advanced with the doubtful aid of a sophism to help me. Wilfrid Cumbermede He answered the mother very wisely, that a mind so subtle and acute could not long continue in such gross sophisms. Saint Augustin You entangle us in sophisms," replied the abbé Maury; "how long have we been a national convention? History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 There cannot be the sophism: 'No man hath seen God; ye are to blame that ye have not seen God; therefore all men are to blame that they have not seen God!' Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. Without reopening a long debate, which so far as we are concerned, is finally closed, we will mention here one sophism which has been and still is widely repeated. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic But it is a sophism, that actually did lead, to Socinianism: for surely bread and wine are less disparate from flesh and blood, than a human body from the Omnipresent Spirit. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge In the hands of the theologian, logic, or the art of reasoning, was nothing more than an unintelligible jargon, calculated to support sophism, to countenance falsehood, to attempt to prove the most palpable contradictions. The System of Nature, Volume 2 So I can understand why he is so wise, why he suffers always, and yet cannot be driven by torment nor persuaded by sophisms to cease loving. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett But even King's more concealed sophism is equally absurd. The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham I am almost ashamed to confess that Rupert's artful sophism nearly blinded my eyes to the true distinction between right and wrong. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale This paragraph is indeed a complexion, as Taylor might call it, of sophisms. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Sin consists in the voluntary confusion of the independence which is good with the independence which is bad; it is caused by the half-indulgence granted to a first sophism. Amiel's Journal This astute little sophism confounded poor George for a minute, during which Sally began to giggle violently, and flirt in her rustic fashion with the three rebels in a row. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Nothing can be better conceived than his fit of passion at Sancho's laughing, and his sophism of self-justification by the courage he had shown. Literary Remains, Volume 1 He published the most virulent sophisms against the beneficial reforms of the emperor Joseph, and cried up the League, for which he was well paid. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 This is a sophism which so evident a truth did not need. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge If testimony can do that, I think we may safely leave the verbal sophism that it cannot reach to the miraculous to take care of itself. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts But that the same devil, clad in a sombre sophism, was confusing the sentiment of right and wrong in the mind of his own countrymen he did not even guess. Literary and Social Essays No moral can be more impressive than that which teaches how man can entangle himself in his own sophisms—that moral is better, viewed aright, than volumes of homilies. Eugene Aram — Complete No moral can be more impressive than that which teaches how man can entangle himself in his own sophisms- -that moral is better, viewed aright, than volumes of homilies. Eugene Aram — Volume 05 Whenever I meet with an ambiguous or multivocal word, without its meaning being shown and fixed, I stand on my guard against a sophism. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Listen patiently; you have overwhelmed me with sophisms. Chicot the Jester To what absurd and ridiculous sophisms every one is reduced, who would substitute Faith for Reason! Good Sense Numerous sophisms of this kind are found in a work published by M. Nuix on the humanity of the Spaniards in the conquest of America. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 What sophism can be more gross and dangerous? Indian speeches (1907-1909) Notes have been chiefly introduced for the purpose of guarding our readers against some political sophisms, or to correct some hasty error. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes It was only a sophism of mine, what the fencing master calls a feint. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Religion, a Dialogue, Etc. To what absurd and ridiculous sophisms the religious are reduced 137. Good Sense If so, Baxter's appeal to this usage is a gross sophism, a mere pun. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. In this sophism you admit the premisses but deny the conclusion, in contradiction with a well-known rule of logic. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy Have you practised yourself in these answers, or only against sophisms? A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion ‘Well,’ thought Lancelot to himself, ‘I did not do so very wrong in trusting your intellect to cut through a sophism.’ Yeast: a Problem This may be true, son; for when a community is grounded on false principles, its interests must, of necessity, be maintained by sophisms. The Bravo I fear, I fear, that this is a sophism not worthy of Archbishop Leighton. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. This is a trick which may be regarded as identical with the sophism ex homonymia; although, if the sophism is obvious, it will deceive no one. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy You practise that you may not be tossed as on the sea through sophisms, and tossed about from what? A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion Then begins the poor animal to entangle himself in sophisms, and flounder in absurdity, to talk confidently of the scale of being, and to give solutions which himself confesses impossible to be understood. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons To say that there is no logical alternative between Rome and Agnosticism is a sufficiently shallow though popular sophism. The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) That there is a sophism here, every one must feel in the very fact of being 'non-plus'd' without being convinced. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. But if the sophism takes a subtle form, it is, of course, apt to mislead, especially where the conceptions which are covered by the same word are related, and inclined to be interchangeable. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy Until better arguments can be produced than sophisms which disgrace the cause, this desire itself must remain the strongest and the only presumption that eternity is the inheritance of every thinking being.' Adonais It is useless to dilate on the other aphorisms, or rather sophisms, which were seriously discussed at the Paris Conference, and which had even the honour of being sustained by the technical experts: 1. Peaceless Europe To dispel the sophisms assigned by the uneducated as the basis of their unbelief, is not really to strike at the root of the matter at all. The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) So he entrenched himself behind a breastwork of sophisms. A Beautiful Possibility This is an obvious sophism, which will deceive no one. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy That sophism of Satan's, "No time for prayer," is very dangerous. How to Live a Holy Life The sophisms by which slaveholding has been justified from the Bible have left their slimy track even here. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 But they, making use of a sophism worthy of the arch-fiend himself, contrived to evade this law, by pretending after each new infliction, of punishment that they had only suspended, and not terminated, the torture! The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 The child of civilization, on the contrary, the man of refinement, will not admit that he commits a fault, and to soothe his conscience he prefers to impose on it by a sophism. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller If such miserable sophisms were to prevail there would never be a good house or a good government in the world. An Adventure with a Genius A common sophism, which, like many others, depends on the abuse of a metaphorical expression to a literal purpose, has produced much of the confusion which has involved the theory of morals. A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays Still I cannot refrain from saying that men employ the same sophism about medicine as they do about the search for truth. Emile To the presentment of truth, or sophism, as the cause might require, he gave his entire mind with as perfect oblivion of self as the most heroic sufferer for principle. Minnesota and Dacotah A demonstration, if just, admits of no opposite difficulty; and if not just, it is a mere sophism, and consequently can never be a difficulty. A Treatise of Human Nature As for the assertion that men are ill treated and murdered to force them to work for the profit of the rich, that is a sophism. The Kingdom of God Is Within You But with a word he obliterated the sophism—and with a glance repressed the badinage. The Allen House What sophisms must be brought together before we fail to understand the harmony of existence and the wonderful co-operation of every part for the maintenance of the rest? Emile Are these, which have hitherto been so much insisted on by philosophers, all fallacy, all sophism? Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion This is the cause of many mistakes and sophisms in philosophy; as will naturally be imagined, and as it would be easy to show, if there was occasion. A Treatise of Human Nature The very sophism, sometimes put forward to justify war, that it is an instrument of civilisation, is a homage to the pacific nature of modern society. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth I admit that this is more than a string of sophisms; you may call it a philosophy of life. South Wind Their methods are also different: Hobbes relies on sophism; Grotius relies on the poets; they are agreed in everything else. Emile The narrow views of a peasant, who makes his domestic economy the rule for the government of kingdoms, is in comparison a pardonable sophism. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion The consequence I shall draw from this may, at first sight, appear a mere sophism; but upon the least examination will be found solid and satisfactory. A Treatise of Human Nature The sophisms of the brain cannot resist the mutual-aid feeling, because this feeling has been nurtured by thousands of years of human social life and hundreds of thousands of years of pre-human life in societies. Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Don't let any sophisms of taboo-mongers come in to obscure that plain natural duty. The British Barbarians They are sophisms, not of men, but of pure reason herself, from which the Wisest cannot free himself. The Critique of Pure Reason False she felt the whole icy tissue to be, yet could not detect the adroitly disguised sophisms. Beulah I had further to admire even in those sophisms his high poetic imagination and power of representation, just as I admire Beethoven's musical art in the last movement of his "Ninth Sympthony." Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 This sect soon had recourse to religious fanaticism and philosophical sophisms, to attain its ends. The Monikins For that, again, is the really descriptive word, with which Euripides, a lover of sophisms, as Aristophanes knows, himself supplies us. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays I have in vain attempted to reassure myself by the aid of sophisms. The Widow Lerouge To this the Emperor consented, seeking to mask the unscrupulous deed by a pitiful sophism. The Life of Cesare Borgia I admired her genius; I was overcome by her sophisms. Within an Inch of His Life In favor of category No. 2, little more than very equivocal sophisms, which savored strongly of commonplace opinions, were presented. The Monikins But these men entering with their logic upon the topic of felicity, as on the sophism called Pseudomenos, or that named Kyrieuon, have removed no ambiguities, but brought in very many. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Sir Joshua, in another part of his work, endeavours to reconcile and prop up these contradictions by a paradoxical sophism which I think turns upon himself. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners Catherine was far from saying to herself that this was an ingenious sophism; but she met the appeal none the less squarely. Washington Square "That's a beautiful sophism," said the girl with a smile more beautiful still. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Now selfishness is only too formidable when restrained by Principle; but left to its own grasping desires and audacious sophisms, to me the moral perspective is terrible. The Monikins And yet he who made this dilemma has written against Plato's Commonweal, dissolved sophisms, and exhorted his scholars to learn logic, as enabling them to do the same. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies All those wicked sophisms against a just Providence, which, while in possession of reason, had appeared to me so vain and impious, now recurred with redoubled power, in the form of irresistible arguments. My Ten Years' Imprisonment He, better than any at the time was able to uncover their stratagems and tear down their sophisms and contradictions. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858 It was not to be expected that a lad fresh from the university would be able to refute all the sophisms and calumnies which might be breathed in his ear by dexterous and experienced seducers. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 Above all he had the power, dangerous to Douglas, of seizing the most ingenious and artfully concealed sophism and good naturedly dragging it to the light. Life of Stephen A. Douglas For the rest, as to those which are called idle and cropping arguments, and that which is named the argument against destiny, they are indeed but vain subtleties and captious sophisms, according to this discourse. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies All common-place objections I estimated at their just value, yet there were many doubts and sophisms which had shaken my faith. My Ten Years' Imprisonment He brings into full light the daily sophism by which a mob, "some hundreds of idlers gathered in a garden or at a theater, are impudently called the people." The French Revolution - Volume 2 —This primary sophism being admitted the conclusion is plain. The French Revolution - Volume 1 And this miserable sophism of self-apology, the last flashes of expiring conscience, helped to light up his pale, determined face with satisfaction. The Crusade of the Excelsior The wretched sophism was silenced by the execrations of the House of Commons. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 This sophism has found its way into several books on penal legislation. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Thus, a noble impetuosity and a true word are sometimes sufficient to bring back the masses who have long been led astray by sophism. Mauprat Through another sophism, the State, at once judge and party in the cause, assigns them to the State: "The founders presented them to the Church, that is to say, to the nation." The French Revolution - Volume 1 The passions which inflame us, the sophisms which delude us, will not last for ever. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 He never advances a false opinion because it is new or splendid, because he can clothe it in a happy phrase, or defend it by an ingenious sophism. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The ordinary sophism by which misrule is defended is, when truly stated, this:—The people must continue in slavery, because slavery has generated in them all the vices of slaves. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Every such government is founded on the assumption that man is God, which is a great mistake—is, in fact, the fundamental sophism which underlies every error and every sin. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny The splendour of the truth in those times illumined all souls that had not been corrupted by sophisms. Penguin Island The sophisms of the day were undermining philosophy; the denial of the existence of Not-being, and of the connexion of ideas, was making truth and falsehood equally impossible. Sophist But if, while he was beating down sophisms and exposing false testimony, some childish prejudices, such as would excite laughter in a well- managed nursery, came across him, he was smitten as if by enchantment. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 How singular is it that a sophism like this, so false, as a mere illustration, should pass for an argument, as it has long done! Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 It may be observed that these sophisms all occur in his cross-examination of Meletus, who is easily foiled and mastered in the hands of the great dialectician. Apology You can't pull my leg with an old sophism with whiskers on it. Whirligigs If there is nothing in it which appals and revolts you, if your conscience is satisfied with a few ready sophisms, or if you don’t care a pin for your conscience, fall to! Essays in Little He is the reputed author of the famous sophism against motion. Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. They had seen social distinctions only in a bad form; and it was therefore natural that they should be deluded by sophisms about the equality of men. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 But no sophism is too gross to delude minds distempered by party spirit. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 In Paris the title of duke ranks all others, even that of prince; though, in heraldic theory, free of all sophism, titles signify nothing; there is absolute equality among gentlemen. Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan Mr. O’Neil is right, and that this is no sophism it is the intention of this article, among other things, to show. War of the Classes It is made visible, tangible, in the struggles, in the contacts of the fine consciences, in their perplexities, in the sophism of their mistakes. Notes on Life and Letters Without adducing one fact, without taking the trouble to perplex the question by one sophism, he placidly dogmatises away the interest of one half of the human race. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 In the meantime they surrender their understandings, with a facility found in no other party, to the meanest and most abject sophisms, provided those sophisms come before them disguised with the externals of demonstration. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 |
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