This week's theme: words derived from Indo-European roots.
syllogistic (sil-uh-JIS-tik) adjective
1. Of or relating to syllogism (a form of deductive reasoning
consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion).
2. Subtle or specious.
noun
1. Deductive reasoning.
2. A subtle or specious piece of reasoning.
[Via Middle English, French, and Latin from Greek syllogizesthai
(to syllogize). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leg- (to collect,
speak) that is also the source of other words such as lexicon, lesson,
lecture, legible, legal, and select.]
Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=syllogistic
-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
"To suggest that all this means, ipso facto, the media are politically
biased in their news coverage is syllogistic reasoning at its worst."
David Shaw; The More Pernicious Bias is Less Substance, More Fluff;
Los Angeles Times; Jan 19, 2003.
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I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He was not there; I went to
the temple of the Hindus and to the old pagodas, but I could not find a
trace of Him anywhere. I searched on the mountains and in the valleys, but
neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able to find Him. I went to
the Kaaba in Mecca, but He was not there either. I questioned the scholars
and philosophers, but He was beyond their understanding. I then looked into
my heart, and it was there where He dwelled that I saw Him; He was nowhere
else to be found. -Jalaluddin Rumi, poet and mystic (1207-1273)
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