eristic ' or ' antilogic ' method of discussion came in with the schools of philosophy in the time of Pericles, and the practice of it was maintained till quite lately in the ' keeping an act ' in the theological schools of the Universities. A History of Classical Greek Literature - Page 115by John Pentland Mahaffy - 1880Full view - About this book
| Sir John Pentland Mahaffy - 1880 - 484 pages
...account, who speaks of Athenagoras' speech as affording the only examples. CH. v. THE EIGHTH BOOK. 115 have just as little internal probability. But in any...two examples, the dialogue of Archidamus with the Platseans,1 and that of the Ambraciot herald and the Acarnanian soldiers of Demosthenes,2 are both... | |
| Christianity - 1881 - 564 pages
...contortions of expression in the discussion have struck nil commentators, and elicited from Dionysins special censure. It is properly ranked with the speeches...regarded as one of the weakest points in the great history.t The ' eristic' or ' antilogic' method of discussion came in with the schools of philosophy... | |
| Christianity - 1881 - 632 pages
...elicited from Dionysius special censure. It is properly ranked with the speeches on account of it* rhetorical and sophistical tone, and may be regarded as one of the weakest points in the great history.t The ' eristic ' or ' antilogic ' method of discussion came in with the schools of philosophy... | |
| Henry Allon - English periodicals - 1881 - 588 pages
...It is properly ranked with the speeches on account of its rhetorical and sophistical tone, and muy be regarded as one of the weakest points in the great history.* The 'eristic' or ' antilogic ' method of discussion came in with the schools of philosophy in the time... | |
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