Doubletalk
A 12th-century version of the liar paradox:
Socrates swears that he will speak only falsehoods about you.
Then he says, “You are a stone.”
This shows that a man can lie and speak the truth at the same time.
An idler's miscellany of compendious amusements
A 12th-century version of the liar paradox:
Socrates swears that he will speak only falsehoods about you.
Then he says, “You are a stone.”
This shows that a man can lie and speak the truth at the same time.
