Sphenic

First Appearance and Context

During a discussion about beauty and rhetoric in the math, a cautionary example invokes “Sphenic demagogues,” using the term as an adjectival label rather than a formal name. The reference serves as a warning not to be swayed by that style of argument.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

“Sphenic” is used to denote an ideological tendency associated with the historical current summarized as Sphenic thought. In the tradition of the great dialogs, Thelenes is credited with dismantling that current within Uraloabus, a touchstone often cited when the term is raised.

Relationships

• Related concept: Sphenic thought.
• Historical adversary: Thelenes, particularly as depicted in Uraloabus.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Appears in-text as an adjective modifying speakers (“demagogues”), implying a polemical or populist rhetorical posture rather than a defined order.
• No charter, hierarchy, or membership is identified; usage functions as a label for a set of ideas and their advocates.

Current Status/Location

Referenced as a historical-ideological label; no discrete organization, headquarters, or ongoing activities have been described so far.