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Can any words more exactly describe the political reasonings of Mr Mill than those in which Lord Bacon thus describes the logomachies of the schoolmen?

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

They wander wearily through the mazes of psychological detail or wage almost childish logomachies over the interpretation of each other's essays.

From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander

Nothing was left me but to obey, and plod on against my will in the clay of logomachies for eight whole years.

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David

He had exploded the scholastic system, which had become a mere mass of logomachies and an incubus upon scientific progress.

From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

First of all, I conceive that, as I have indicated, a really scientific habit of thought would dispel many hopeless logomachies.

From Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies by Stephen, Leslie, Sir