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Definition of Elenctics

Elenctic
Elenctic E*lenc"tic, Elenctical E*lenc"tic*al, a. [Gr.?.] (Logic) Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.

Meaning of Elenctics from wikipedia

- Elenctics, in Christianity, is a division of practical theology concerned with persuading people of other faiths (or no faith) of the truth of the Gospel...
- invented the "Socratic" method. Plato famously formalized the Socratic elenctic style in prose—presenting Socrates as the curious questioner of some prominent...
- protagonist. As a teacher, competitor intellectuals resented Socrates's elenctic examination method for intellectual inquiry, because its questions threatened...
- Socrates uses the elenctic method to investigate the nature or definition of ethical concepts such as justice or virtue. Elenctic re****ation depends...
- definition of a concept, e.g., virtue or courage. Socrates then, through elenctic testing, shows his interlocutor that his answer is unsatisfactory. After...
- Among his contributions to the theology of missions, are his views on elenctics. Der Einfluss des Gefulhs auf das ****oziationsleben bei Heinrich von Suso...
- renaissance of the scholastic method. Francis Turretin's Institutes of Elenctic Theology (1696) and Petrus van Mastricht's Theoretical-Practical Theology...
- testamento dei, 1648), Francis Turretin (1623–1687) in his Institutes of Elenctic Theology, and Hermann Witsius (1636–1708) in The Economy of the Covenants...
- Cult literature Diaries and journals Didactic Dialectic Rabbinic Aporetic Elenctic Erotic literature Essay, treatise History Genealogy Narrative People's...
- Francis (1679–1685). Institutio Theologiae Elencticae [Institutes of Elenctic Theology]. Retrieved 3 Mar 2023. XIV. Although certain ordinations of the...