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He would not be so humorous about Zeus, nor fall into an ignoratio elenchi.

From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew

The ignoratio elenchi is in his own mind.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman

An ignoratio elenchi more flagrant—a mistaking of the question more palpable—it is surely not possible to conceive.

From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

The whole of Mr. Mansel’s argument for the inconceivability of the Infinite and of the Absolute is one long ignoratio elenchi.

From The Philosophy of the Conditioned by Mansel, Henry Longueville

It would therefore be an ignoratio elenchi to allow oneself to be disposed of in such a manner.

From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)