But not when he is refuting the tenets of the Peratae: [Greek: oude hen, ho gegonen.
Blanc, whose social tendencies are well known, accuse me of making impolitic war upon him in refuting him.
Milton fell into the common booby-trap of refuting his opponents item by item, thus leaving them the strong affirmative position, instead of providing a positive and teachable statement of his own faith.
So they admitted each anterior heresy for the sake of refuting the new one.
It is not uncommon for a debater to make trivial errors intentionally, in the hope that his opponent will consume valuable time in refuting them and thus allow his main argument to go unscathed.
Another device an arguer will often find useful in refuting an opponent's statement is the dilemma.
Since proof consists of evidence and reasoning, the first step for him to take in refuting an argument is to apply the tests for each, and if possible show where his opponent has erred.
The method of refuting an argument by reductio ad absurdum consists of showing that the argument to be refuted, if true, proves not only the conclusion given, but also other conclusions which are manifestly absurd.
No better method of refuting an opponent's argument exists than to show that the facts on which it rests are untrustworthy.
To guard against these errors of refuting unimportant details and of "answering one's self," it is always well to reduce an opponent's argument to the form of a brief.
In refuting those who object to the existence of time on the ground of relativity, it is said that if the present time did not exist, then no perception of it would have been possible.
But, in refuting these conjectures of the mathematicians, his argument is triumphant, because truly these are such as destroy and refute themselves.
The manner in which Cicero addresses himself to the task of refuting the Stoics, shows that he did not think he could effect anything against them in argument unless he had first demolished divination.
There are two modes of refuting it, and two courses that we may pursue.
Sextus replies to the charge that the Sceptics deny phenomena byrefuting it.
Nowhere do we find a change of basis referred to in regard to him, and Sextus, in refuting the mistakes which he attributes to Aenesidemus, does it, as it were, to point out something of which Aenesidemus had been unconscious.
Well, this is a new kind of refutation,--when any one says anything, instead of refuting him to laugh at him.
Being such as Emily could not name to the Chevalier, he had no opportunity of refuting them; and, when he confessed himself to be unworthy of her esteem, he little suspected, that he was confirming to her the most dreadful calumnies.
Therefore I consider myself relieved from the necessity of refuting it; and here also I refer to the positive part of my work.
There must be no question in the matter of openly refuting anybody; the course of instruction must simply be such as to furnish those who follow it with a criterion of truth, and to teach them to make use of it.
It seems to me that St. Epiphanius confers too great an honor upon this romance, by merely exposing and refuting it.
Rubbing his eyes, father would rouse up, and indignantly refutingthe accusation, declare that he had heard every word.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "refuting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: apologetic; contradictory; contrary; debate; extenuating; palliative; refuting
