"He did not devote himself to subtle argument or extend his discourses." Philostratus the Lemnian writes [this] about Apollonius.[1]
Hermippos in Demesmen [sc. also uses the word.][2]
"I am already seeking to chop logic, and to quibble about smoke." Meaning about nothing and about vain matters. [sc. He is saying this] to ridicule the philosophers for investigating dry questions.[3] "And you [priest] of the thinnest foolishnesses." That is, of the most intelligent and most obscure discourses."[4]