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ἄλλος ἐκ τοῦ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττον, οἷον “εἰ μηδ᾽ οἱ θεοὶ πάντα ἴσασιν, σχολῇ οἵ γε ἄνθρωποι”: τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν “εἰ ᾧ μᾶλλον ἂν ὑπάρχοι μὴ ὑπάρχει, δῆλον ὅτι οὐδ᾽ ᾧ ἧττον”. τὸ δ᾽ ὅτι
τοὺς πλησίον τύπτει ὅς γε καὶ τὸν πατέρα ἐκ τοῦ “εἰ τὸ ἧττον ὑπάρχον ὑπάρχει, καὶ τὸ μᾶλλον ὑπάρχει”: τοὺς γὰρ πατέρας ἧττον τύπτουσιν ἢ τοὺς πλησίον: ἢ δὴ οὕτως γε ἢ εἰ ᾧ μᾶλλον ὑπάρχει μὴ ὑπάρχει, ἢ εἰ ᾧ ἧττον ὑπάρχει ὑπάρχει, ὁπότερον δεῖ δεῖξαι, εἴθ᾽ ὅτι ὑπάρχει εἴθ᾽ ὅτι οὔ.
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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