παραλογισμός
paralogismos
false reasoning, fallacy
Appears 27 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
παραλογισμός, ὁ, A. false reasoning, fallacy, τοὺς π. κατά τινων ποιήσονται 31, cf. 11.465, etc.; false inference, τοῦ θεάτρου Po. 1455a13 ; οἱ ἔξω τῆς λέξεως π. material fallacies, opp. οἱ παρὰ τὴν λέξιν ἔλεγχοι, SE 166b21. 2. weakness of reasoning power, Aristeas 250. II. deception, fraud, 1.81.8, PLond. 1.24.26(ii B. C.), etc.
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