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