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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''lige'', lie, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''lyge''; akin to Old High German ''lugī'', Old English ''lēogan'' to lie

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''lige'', lie, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''lyge''; akin to Old High German ''lugī'', Old English ''lēogan'' to lie

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : an assertion of something known or believed by the [[speaker]] to be untrue with [[intent]] to [[deceive]]

*1a : an assertion of something known or believed by the [[speaker]] to be untrue with [[intent]] to [[deceive]]

''White lies'' are minor lies which could be considered to be harmless, or even beneficial, in the long term. White lies are also considered to be used for greater [[good]]. A common version of a white lie is to tell only part of the [[truth]], therefore not be suspected of lying, yet also conceal something else, to avoid awkward [[questions]].

''White lies'' are minor lies which could be considered to be harmless, or even beneficial, in the long term. White lies are also considered to be used for greater [[good]]. A common version of a white lie is to tell only part of the [[truth]], therefore not be suspected of lying, yet also conceal something else, to avoid awkward [[questions]].

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo Augustine of Hippo] wrote two books about lying: ''On Lying (De Mendacio)'' and ''Against Lying (Contra Mendacio)''. He describes each book in his later work, ''Retractions''. Based on the location of ''De Mendacio'' in ''Retractions'', it appears to have been written about 395 AD. The first work, ''On Lying'', begins:

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo Augustine of Hippo] wrote two books about lying: ''On Lying (De Mendacio)'' and ''Against Lying (Contra Mendacio)''. He describes each book in his later work, ''Retractions''. Based on the location of ''De Mendacio'' in ''Retractions'', it appears to have been written about 395 AD. The first work, ''On Lying'', begins:

:"Magna quæstio est de Mendacio" ("There is a great [[question]] about Lying"). From his [[text]], it can be derived that St. Augustine divided lies into eight categories, listed in order of [[descending]] severity:

:"Magna quæstio est de Mendacio" ("There is a great [[question]] about Lying"). From his [[text]], it can be derived that St. Augustine divided lies into eight categories, listed in order of [[descending]] severity:

*Lies that harm no one and that protect someone from "bodily defilement"

*Lies that harm no one and that protect someone from "bodily defilement"

Augustine wrote that lies told in [[jest]], or by someone who believes or opines the lie to be true are not, in [[fact]], lies.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie]

Augustine wrote that lies told in [[jest]], or by someone who believes or opines the lie to be true are not, in [[fact]], lies.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie]

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Braggadocio]]'''''

*'''''[[Braggadocio]]'''''

[[Category: Psychology]]

[[Category: Psychology]]