Stratagem 24
Original German
Die Konsequenzmacherei. Man erzwingt aus dem Satze des Gegners, durch falsche Folgerungen, und Verdrehung der Begriffe, Sätze die nicht darin liegen und gar nicht die Meinung des Gegners sind, hingegen absurd oder gefährlich sind: da es nun scheint daß aus seinem Satze solche Sätze, die entweder sich selbst oder anerkannten Wahrheiten widersprechen, hervorgehn; so gilt dies für eine indirekte Widerlegung, apagoge: und ist wieder eine Anwendung der fallacia non causae ut causa[e].
Musean translation
Machine-assisted, directly from Deussen’s German edition (1923).
Manufacturing consequences. By false inferences and distortion of concepts, we force from the opponent's proposition other propositions that it does not contain and that are not at all his meaning, but are absurd or dangerous. Since it now appears that his proposition produces propositions contradicting either themselves or acknowledged truths, this passes for an indirect refutation, apagoge. It is again an application of the fallacy of treating a non-cause as a cause.
Plain English translation
Machine-assisted, independently translated directly from Deussen’s German edition (1923).
Inventing consequences. Use false reasoning and twisted concepts to force absurd or dangerous statements out of the opponent's claim. These statements are not actually contained in it and are not what the opponent means. But they appear to follow from the claim and to contradict either themselves or accepted truths. This passes for an indirect refutation, apagoge. It again treats something that is not a cause as a cause.
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Stratagem 24 is part of The Art of Being Right by Arthur Schopenhauer. This page sets the German original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 29 of 43 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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