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==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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Wellwise is notable for writing lots of commentaries on established works at the time – secular, religious, scientific, and even fiction. However he wrote only one treatise, ''On Fallacies'', devoted entirely to logical fallacies, misuse of logic and rhetoric, and how to avoid them. | |||
===Law and government=== | ===Law and government=== | ||
a critique of monarchy, based on a dialog with an Albionian? | a critique of monarchy, based on a dialog with an Albionian? | ||
===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
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Jacob Wellwise was a dialectician, lawyer, linguist and composer.
Early life
Personality
Wellwise is described by many of his contemporaries as sharp, witty, musical, sensitive, and sometimes literal-minded, which he considered a blessing when it came to his dialectical ability. He also had a natural tendency to tinker and fidget, which he described in his autobiography:
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Works
Dialectic
Wellwise is notable for writing lots of commentaries on established works at the time – secular, religious, scientific, and even fiction. However he wrote only one treatise, On Fallacies, devoted entirely to logical fallacies, misuse of logic and rhetoric, and how to avoid them.
Law and government
a critique of monarchy, based on a dialog with an Albionian?