Sorites vs Sortes - What's the difference?
sorites | sortes |
(logic, rhetoric) A series of propositions whereby each conclusion is taken as the subject of the next.
* 1760 , Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman , Penguin 2003, p. 130:
divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative.
As nouns the difference between sorites and sortes
is that sorites is a series of propositions whereby each conclusion is taken as the subject of the next while sortes is divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative.sorites
English
Noun
(sorites)- Why?—he would ask, making use of the sorites or syllogism of Zeno'' and ''Chrysippus without knowing it belonged to them.—Why? why are we a ruined people?—Because we are corrupted.——Whence is it, dear Sir, that we are corrupted?—Because we are needy [...] ——And wherefore, he would add,—are we needy?——From the neglect, he would answer
