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elench
/ɪˈlɛŋk/
noun 2
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ELENCH + NOUN
syllogisme
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noun
1
That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
Reprehension or Elench […] is a Syllogisme, which gathereth a conclusion contrary to the assertion of the respondent, as if a man would defend Medea not to love her childe, because she killed it, another might reason against him in this manner: every Mother loveth her child: but Medea is a Mother: Ergo, Medea loveth her child: the Conclusion of this Syllogisme is contrarie to the first Assertion […]
2
A specious argument; a sophism.
But of these Sophisms and Elenchs of marchandize I skill not […]
This fallacy in the first delusion Satan put upon Eve, and his whole tentation might be the same Elench continued; so when he said, Ye shall not die, that was in his equivocation, ye shall not incurre a present death, or a destruction immediatly ensuing your transgression.
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Reprehension or Elench […] is a Syllogisme, which gathereth a conclusion contrary to the assertion of the respondent, as if a man would defend Medea not to love her childe, because she killed it, anot
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But of these Sophisms and Elenchs of marchandize I skill not […]
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This fallacy in the first delusion Satan put upon Eve, and his whole tentation might be the same Elench continued; so when he said, Ye shall not die, that was in his equivocation, ye shall not incurre
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