Defn: See Sufi.
SOPHIC; SOPHICAL
Soph"ic, Soph"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Teaching wisdom. [Obs.] S. Harris.
SOPHIME
So*phime" ( or ), n. Etym: [OF. soffime, sophisme.]
Defn: Sophism. [Obs.]
I trow ye study aboute some sophime. Chaucer.
SOPHISM
Soph"ism, n. Etym: [F. sophisme, L. sophisma, fr. Gr.
Defn: The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive. When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism, or "fallacy". I. Watts. Let us first rid ourselves of sophisms, those of depraved men, and those of heartless philosophers. I. Taylor.
SOPHIST
Soph"ist, n. Etym: [F. sophiste, L. sophistes, fr. Gr. Sophism.]
1. One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt. Many of the Sophists doubdtless card not for truth or morality, and merely professed to teach how to make the worse appear the better reason; but there scems no reason to hold that they were a special class, teaching special opinions; even Socrates and Plato were sometimes styled Sophists. Liddell & Scott.
2. Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner.