QUESTION 113

IRONY*

(In Two Articles)

[*Irony here must be given the signification of the Greek _eironia_,

whence it is derived: dissimulation of one's own good points.]

We must now consider irony, under which head there are two points of

inquiry:

(1) Whether irony is a sin?

(2) Of its comparison with boasting.

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