:: mike errico diary ::
this is the story.
:: welcome to mike errico diary
:: bloghome
| contact
::| [::..recommended..::] |
|---|
| :: errico web site |
| :: errico message board |
:: Monday, September 12, 2005 ::
Your word of the day.
Sophist
Any of a group of professional fifth-century B.C. Greek philosophers and teachers who speculated on theology, metaphysics, and the sciences, and who were later characterized by Plato as superficial manipulators of rhetoric and dialectic.
soph·is·try
n. pl. soph·is·tries
- A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
- Plausible but fallacious argumentation.
:: mike 8:01 AM [+] ::
