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sophism n.詭辯。

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We all know the so - called sophism of the ancients , proving that achilles would never overtake the tortoise , though achilles walked ten times as fast as the tortoise . as soon as achilles passes over the space separating him from the tortoise , the tortoise advances one - tenth of that space : achilles passes over that tenth , but the tortoise has advanced a hundredth , and so on to infinity . this problem seemed to the ancients insoluble 盡人皆知一條古代的辯術,講的是阿奇里斯總趕不上他前面的烏,盡管他走得比烏快十倍因為每當他走完他與烏之間的距離時,烏又超前爬了這段距離的十分之一了阿奇里斯走過這十分之一,烏則又超前爬了百分之一了,以此類推,直到無休無止。

Those who have witnessed the event of 1 july should be able to see clearly that such a document is a product of the new culture after the handover just like article 23 and the interpretation of the basic law by the national peoples congress : the content is full of sophism 也會有兄弟姊妹質疑我:上述理論不是現在已把我們的教師和家長分化了嗎?其實,受薪于政府的教師及那些跟我們素不相識的家長,如果他們不熱衷我們的辦學理念,也無可厚非,問題是新制度會制造對立的機會。

Dialectical reasoning needs the “ supervision “ of analytical reasoning , otherwise it will lead to sophism 辯證理性需要分析理性的“監督” ,否則就會淪為詭辯。

“ that ' s a beautiful sophism “ said the girl with a smile more beautiful still “那是一種美麗的詭辯, ”女孩子說,露出了更加美好的笑容。