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eristic, a. and n.|ɛˈrɪstɪk|
[ad. Gr. ἐριστικ-ός, f. ἐρίζειν to wrangle, f. ἔρις strife.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to controversy or disputation; adapted for or disposed to controversy.
1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Ord. C iij, Polemicke and Eristicke discourses. 1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 145/1 A Sect..called..Eristick from the Litigious Sophistical Nature thereof. 1710W. Hume Sacred Success. 28 The controversie among our eristick divines. 1850Grote Greece ii. lxvii. VIII. 540 note, Euthydemus and Dionysodorus..applied themselves to the eristic or controversial dialogue. a1852Moore Devil among the Schol. 72 He fought the combat syllogistic With..skill and art eristic.
B. n.
1. One given to disputation, a controversialist. the Eristics: philosophers of the Megarian school.
1659Gauden Tears Ch. 93 Fanatick Errour and Levity would seem an Euchite as well as an Eristick. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 481 You would not confuse the principle and the consequences in your reasoning, like the Eristics. 1965Times Educ. Suppl. 26 Mar., Arrogance characterized the eristic while humility marked the heuristic.
2. = Gr. ἡ ἐριστικὴ (τέχνη), the art of disputation.
1866Mill in Edin. Rev. CXXIII. 314 Real Dialectic contrasted with Eristic. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 183 The art of Eristic, or fighting with words. |