Sophism approached rhetoric as an art form.
In one sense the converse of either a howler or a sophism is a mathematical paradox, in which a valid derivation leads to an unexpected or implausible result.
Rhetoric is stripped on the ground and tied by sophism.
This aphorism however, has been criticized as being merely a chimera of sophism, used mostly for its seductive force rather than its substance.
A sophism is a false argument intended to mislead.
He was also an avowed opponent of sophism.
He is ready to treat those philosophical systems that he considers false as simple sophisms, or formally false reasoning.
One cannot mislead and blind people thus formed with the power of sophism and the trappings of greatness.
