English
Etymology
From Latin #Latin|sorites, from Greek ���εί�η�, from ����� �heap�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/s��raɪti:z/
Noun
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- logic A series of propositions whereby each conclusion is taken as the subject of the next.
#:*1760: Why?�he would ask, making use of the sorites or syllogism of Zeno and Chrysippus without knowing it belonged to them.�Why? why are we a ruined people?�Because we are corrupted.��Whence is it, dear Sir, that we are corrupted?�Because we are needy [...] ��And wherefore, he would add,�are we needy?��From the neglect, he would answer � Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 130)
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