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Involuntarily Paolo bent his head and repeated in low tones the words of the Creed, "_Qui propter nos homines et propter_ _nostram, salutem descendit de coelis_," and then, "_Crucifixus etiam pro nobis_."
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That is a fallacious argument known as propter hoc ergo propter hoc
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Poetica, which he doth namely propter carmen Iambicum, and referreth all good studentes herein to the Imitation of the Greeke tong, saying.
The Scholemaster 1570
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Ad hoc propter ergo hoc rationalizations are a bigot's best friend.
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Ad hoc propter ergo hoc rationalizations are a bigot's best friend.
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I said that medieval commentators claimed that such an error could happen if the pope was given imperfect evidence (propter falsos testes).
Daredevil 2009
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Ad hoc propter ergo hoc rationalizations are a bigot's best friend.
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Ad hoc propter ergo hoc rationalizations are a bigot's best friend.
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Frum commits a basic logical fallacy, known as post hoc ergo propter hoc: He implies that because the firing happened after the book review, it happened because of the book review.
Most Likely to Secede James Taranto 2010
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Ad hoc propter ergo hoc rationalizations are a bigot's best friend.
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