sophism
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Hiding behind sophisms isn't worthy of he who has a responsibility towards citizens.
From Time Magazine Archive
We know invasion, aggression, occupation well enough not to let ourselves be seduced by sophisms or fooled by lies.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is illustrated by a multitude of demonstrations of false doctrines and sophisms of every kind.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur
It often happens that evil has its origin in the sophisms of the mind, sophisms ever at the service of the passions.
From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul
I cannot make sophisms to deceive men without having first inwardly combined these sophisms through the faculty of thinking which is in me.
From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul
Vocabulary lists containing sophism
Frankenstein
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The Federalist Papers, No. 9 by Alexander Hamilton
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
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