Definition of Logomachy

Logic

LOGOMACHY noun

	A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem -- a kind of contest in which, the vanquished being unconscious of defeat, the victor is denied the reward of success. 'Tis said by divers of the scholar-men That poor Salmasius died of Milton's pen. Alas! we cannot know if this is true, For reading Milton's wit we perish too.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Loganimity

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