19.014 falsum in uno...

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   [1] From: Norman Hinton <hinton_at_springnet1.com> (3)
         Subject: Re: 19.010 erratum in unum, erratum in omnes?

   [2] From: Robin Smith <rasmith_at_aristotle.tamu.edu> (8)
         Subject: Re: 19.010 erratum in unum, erratum in omnes?

   [3] From: Robin Smith <rasmith_at_aristotle.tamu.edu> (8)
         Subject: Re: 19.010 erratum in unum, erratum in omnes?

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         Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 05:27:44 +0100
         From: Norman Hinton <hinton_at_springnet1.com>
         Subject: Re: 19.010 erratum in unum, erratum in omnes?

Joe,I learned it from the Jesuits as "falsum in uno, falsum in omnibus"
(and they were masters at using the technique in apologetics) -- but I
cannot find the source.

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         Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 05:28:13 +0100
         From: Robin Smith <rasmith_at_aristotle.tamu.edu>
         Subject: Re: 19.010 erratum in unum, erratum in omnes?

>>>>> ""Humanist" == "Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard McCarty
<willard.mccarty_at_kcl.ac.uk>)" <willard_at_LISTS.VILLAGE.VIRGINIA.EDU> writes:

      "Humanist> Does anyone know the source of the
      "Humanist> following latin phrase?

      "Humanist> erratum in unum, erratum in omnes

That would be "erratum in uno, erratum in omnibus", I would imagine. But
I don't know its ultimate source.

Robin Smith

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         Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 05:28:48 +0100
         From: Robin Smith <rasmith_at_aristotle.tamu.edu>
         Subject: Re: 19.010 erratum in unum, erratum in omnes?

Sorry to follow my own post, but perhaps this is a version of the legal
maxim "falsum in uno, falsum in omnibus"? I don't know its parentage, but
it occurs in Boswell's _Life of Johnson_;
"If the maxim falsum in uno, falsum in omnibus, were to be received without
qualification, the credit of Savage's narrative, as conveyed to us, would be
annihilated; for it contains some assertions which, beyond a question, are not
true"

Robin Smith
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