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Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form.

Immanuel Kant

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Immanuel Kant
Age: 79 †
Born: 1724
Born: April 22
Died: 1804
Died: February 12
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Königsberg i. Pr.
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