¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elenchs
1. elench [n] - See also: elench
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elenchs
Literary usage of Elenchs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1825)
"The Doctrine of elenchs . .188 7. It is for caution to detect fallacies. /» tin
more gross sorts of fallacies it happeneth, as Seneca maketh the comparison ..."
2. Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy by George Lillie Craik (1860)
"Of these last there are enumerated three species;—elenchs of Sophisms, ...
and elenchs of Images or Idols. The last only, as connected with the profoundest ..."
3. Masterpieces in English Literature, & Lessons in the English Language by Homer Baxter Sprague (1874)
"But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise, I skill not. ... elenchs (Lat.
elenchus, from the Gr. e'Ae-y,\oc, confutation), tricky arguments, ..."
4. The Plays of Philip Massinger: In Four Volumes by Philip Massinger (1813)
"she will have her elenchs* To cut off any fallacy I can hope To put upon her,
and expect I should Ever conclude in syllogisms, and those true ones ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"Wood quotes the stanza Griffith Powell, for the honour of his nation, Wrote a
book of Demonstration; But having little else todo He wrote a book of elenchs ..."
6. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages by Hastings Rashdall (1895)
"elenchs Were not taught even at Paris till this date, but that is surely impossible.
See above, vol. I. p. 434. As to his Doctorate, ace the I.etter of the ..."
Other Resources:
