The practice of making logical arguments in Latin began well over 2,000 years ago. Latin arguments used to persuade toward the negative are as follows. Please avoid their use.
Argumentum:
- ad hominem – the appeal to personal prejudice
- ad populum – an appeal to mass emotions
- ad misericordiam – an appeal through the exploitation to pity
- ad baculum – the application of brute forces – “to the club.”
- ad crumenam – an appeal to money, “the purse.”
- ad verecundiam – the playing up of prejudice
- ad ignorantiam – stress upon ignorance
- ad captandum vulgus – a dishonest argument to “catch the crowd.”
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