Saturday, 15 September 2012

سوفسطائية sophism/Sophistry

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word سوفسطائية
(there is also the wordسفسطة) means sophism/Sophistry  (specious but fallacious argument) and seems to be direct loan word from the greek language. The greek relevant words are σόφισμα (shofisma) and σοφιστεία (sofistia) and derive from the word σοφός meaning wise man,sage,savant.In Turkish is sofizm/safsata.



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