Both Uses of
sophistry
in
The Canterbury Tales
- I trow ye study about some sophime:* *sophism But Solomon saith, every thing hath time.†
Chpt 4.9
- Coulde no man, by twenty thousand
Counterfeit the sophimes* of his art; *sophistries, beguilements
Chpt 5.11 *sophistries = invalid arguments that are seemingly believable and display ingenuity in reasoning
Definition:
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(sophistry) seemingly believable, but invalid arguments that display ingenuity in reasoning