SOPHISTRY, n. The controversial method of an opponent, distinguished f… — The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary — Ambrose Bierce

SOPHISTRY, n. The controversial method of an opponent, distinguished from one's own by superior insincerity and fooling. This method is that of the later Sophists, a Grecian sect of philosophers who began by teaching wisdom, prudence, science, art and, in brief, whatever men ought to know, but lost themselves in a maze of quibbles and a fog of words.

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