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fallacy

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

false argument: P. παραγωγή, ἡ.

sophism: Ar. and P. σόφισμα, τό; see also falsehood.