(63) In the passage presently under consideration, Protagoras asks Socrates to refrain from the art of controversy (see [phrase omitted]), (64) which proceeds "antilogically." (65) Antilogy is an art--or a so-called art--in which the historical Protagoras himself was supposed to be a master, as is well known.

The antilogy between Althusser's fondness for the slogan "trust the masses" and his emphasis on the "mass organizations" has not escaped notice (Hamza 110).