On sophistical argumentation
45:6
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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6.
Why, pray, do you discriminate between similar words, when nobody is ever deceived by them except during the discussion?
It is things that lead us astray: it is between things that you must discriminate.
We embrace evil instead of good; we pray for something opposite to that which we have prayed for in the past.
Our prayers clash with our prayers, our plans with our plans.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On sophistical argumentation
Location: Chapter 45, Section 6
Content:
6.
Why, pray, do you discriminate between similar words, when nobody is ever deceived by them except during the discussion?
It is things that lead us astray: it is between things that you must discriminate.
We embrace evil instead of good; we pray for something opposite to that which we have prayed for in the past.
Our prayers clash with our prayers, our plans with our plans.