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On Sophistical Refutations

Author
Aristotle
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
66 pages
ISBN
9781787240070
Published
7 December 2016
Imprint
The Big Nest
  • Aristotle
  • fallacies
  • refutations
  • soul
  • life
  • philosophy
  • ethics
  • virtue
  • Greek
  • thought

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Let us now discuss sophistic refutations, i.e. what appear to be refutations but are really fallacies instead. Some reasonings are genuine, while others seem to be so but are not, is evident. This happens with arguments, as also elsewhere, through a certain likeness between the genuine and the sham.

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Aristotle was an influential philosopher and polymath who lived in Ancient Greece. He was a student of Plato and is widely regarded as one of the most important thinkers in history, pioneering the fields of aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, politics, and science. His works were instrumental in the development of Western thought and have been a major source of inspiration throughout the ages.

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