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When Socrates uses the elenchus, he gets his opponent to refute himself out of his own mouth.
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The extended argument also contains a mini-argument, a "self-refutation", where Plato draws the "exquisite" conclusion that Protagoras refutes himself if he agrees that other people disagree with his own view (Tht 171A-D).
Simply said, he was never given an opportunity to defend himself or refute the allegations made in the report.
If he becomes leader of Britain's third party, can he be trusted to knuckle down at last and do some serious work As he girds his loins for the party's two-month leadership election, Mr Kennedy at 39 is at least bestirring himself to refute the allegation that he is lazy, disorganised and chronically late for appointments.
In the interview, with GQ Australia magazine, Rudd says he agreed to be interviewed by the ABC for its three-part documentary The Killing Season because he had to defend himself and refute the "lies" told by his Labor colleagues Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan.
Cameron's Tories were delighted to receive his backing, not least because Caine speaks in a cigar-seasoned Cockney, which will help refute suggestions that Cameron himself comes from too soft and upper-class a background.
Confident that she could truthfully refute the charge that Waksal himself had tipped her, Stewart told investigators the fabricated story about the preëxisting agreement to sell ImClone at sixty.
The two time Ballon D'or winner was then forced to address the media himself, refuting the rumours: "I am not thinking of anything except Atletico Mineiro," he told Superesportes.
Other commentators have blamed Obama himself for failing to refute the myth.
That is certainly the judgment of history: anyone undertaking to explain, defend, or refute the notion of internal sense after 1725 took himself to be explaining, defending, or refuting the principles of Dr. Hutcheson.
As batshit crazy as this may sound, Manson provided meticulous details outlining the connection between himself, the White Album, and the Book of Revelation, helping refute claims of gaping holes in his obscene logic.
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