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Similarly, they base their censure upon
actions that are contrary to these, examining whether those censured have
really, or seem to have, committed them; for example, that the Athenians
subjugated the Greeks, and reduced to slavery the Aeginetans and Potidaeans
who had fought with distinction on their side against
the barbarians, and all such acts, and whatever other similar offences may have
been committed by them. Similarly, in accusation and defence, speakers argue
from an examination of the circumstances of the case.
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Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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