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Sophistry vs Logos - What's the difference?

sophistry | logos |

As a noun sophistry

is (uncountable) cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery.

As a proper noun logos is

(philosophy) in ancient greek philosophy, the rational principle that governs the cosmos.

sophistry

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery.
  • *"Such conduct is at any rate not sophistical, if Aristotle be right in describing sophistry as the art of making money." 1844 - Søren Kierkegaard in Philosophical Fragments (Philosophiske Smuler eller En Smule Philosophi)
  • (uncountable) The art of using deceptive speech or writing.
  • (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.

    • Related terms

    * Sophia * sophism * sophist * sophistication

    See also

    * demagogy * rhetoric

    logos

    English

    (wikipedia logos)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logic as the main argument.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (form of rhetoric) ethos, pathos

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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