“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.”
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes—a seeming contradiction that establishes that the fool must sometimes be engaged with his own logic to expose its falsity, establishing that sometimes silence permits the fool to remain self-satisfied. The theological significance involves the principle that context determines whether engagement or silence is appropriate.
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