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Sunday, 30 May 2010 17:56

Sophistic & Logic

This stratagem relies on the appeal to emotion sophism, in this case anger. (also known as trolling)

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Original text

This trick consists in making your opponent angry; for when he is angry he is incapable of judging aright, and perceiving where his advantage lies. You can make him angry by doing him repeated injustice, or practising some kind of chicanery, and being generally insolent.