definition
He defines sophistry here as verbal manipulation that hides behind technically defensible wording while exploiting other people's interpretation.
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Manipulation
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "No, no, no, no. No, I'm saying, what does this lie mean? Then I must have too many tricks if I bring greater torment..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "No, no, no, no. No, I'm saying, what does this lie mean? Then I must have too many tricks if I bring greater torment..."
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A student proposes that manipulation is the negative mirror of love's imaginative power: the same energy is used selfishly to bend others rather than draw them toward truth.
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A student tentatively suggests that such a demand may really be an attempt to control the beloved rather than an expression of love.
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Jiang says categorization is powerful because it lets people break the material world into basic elements and manipulate those elements into technology.
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The people who maintain power in Plato's cave do not need force; they rule by manipulation because prisoners believe in the shadows and in the rulers' power.
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Jiang concludes that the United States will use ground troops because Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Israel can manipulate a passive, incoherent United States into a ground invasion.
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Achilles changes the expected course of events by adding glory and divine possibility to Patroclus' mission, exciting his desire to prove himself rather than simply rescue the Greeks.
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Frank’s knife story is read as a lesson that rigid law makes learned people stupid and vulnerable to manipulation.
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"No, no, no, no. No, I'm saying, what does this lie mean? Then I must have too many tricks if I bring greater torment..."
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"But it could be true, right? If I'm lying to you, I have no friends in the world. Do you understand? And this is..."
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"...one and uh and the past few cantos there's something about manipulation that comes to mind it's it's it's almost like the flip side..."
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"is it possible about the sabotage i mean just you love me so have you do something for me is it kind of the..."
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"Okay. So categorization is important because categorization allows you to better manipulate the material world. Does that make sense, guys? When you're able to..."
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"...enough of them okay the way they maintain power is through manipulation and trickery and deception and we know this because in Plato's Avenue..."
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"just like get rid of them and there's this chain around my neck it's like a it's like a ribbon and he doesn't know..."
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"woman this woman this man this man this world it's a beautiful world and it's like for him heaven and he's like oh my..."
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"will become the giant king here so the israelis are the biggest supporters of the israelis at the time israel had Umir er -Maghdad..."
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"in a proper way that is strategically beneficial right does it make sense you guys okay so um yeah so we we just answered..."
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"So, we've known for a long time that we as humans operate at many different levels all at once. And so, we don't really..."
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"Okay, stop, okay? This is what's happening. Achilles is implanting into Patroclus some new ideas. And these new ideas is, oh my god, Patroclus,..."
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