-
Reductio ad
absurdum is a
valid method of argument,
while reductio ad
ridiculum is invalid.
Argument by
invective declaration of
ridiculous is invalid...
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Appeal to
ridicule (also
called appeal to mockery, ad absurdo, or the
horse laugh) is an
informal fallacy which presents an opponent's
argument as absurd...
- John G. (2006). "Caesar's Pre-Battle
Speech at
Pharsalus (B.C. 3.85.4):
Ridiculum Acri
Fortius ...
Secat Res". The
classical Journal, Vol. 101, No. 2 (Dec...
- was
awarded the
Grand prix de l'humour noir Xavier-Forneret [fr] for
Ridiculum vitae. In 2005, he
published Portraits crachés, a
collection of portraits...
- emb****y, and then
ridicules the
prosecution with a
tricolon crescendo. Est
ridiculum ad ea quae
habemus nihil dicere,
quaerere quae
habere non possumus; et...
- John G. (2006). "Caesar's Pre-Battle
Speech at
Pharsalus (B.C. 3.85.4):
Ridiculum Acri
Fortius ...
Secat Res" The
classical Journal, Vol. 101, No. 2 (December...
-
appropriately to any subject, has the
effect of
sweetening the deal for us:
Ridiculum acri
fortius et
melius magnus plerumque secat res. -
Horace (A good joke...
