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the art of telling the truth so it lies for you.
ancient sinMedieval theologians debated whether it counted as lying
two facesSame word, two meanings, one slippery argument
logic classA named formal fallacy of shifting definitions
witch trialsJesuits taught it to survive interrogation
macbeth's porterShakespeare mocked equivocators in a drunken rant