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Another topic consists in concluding the
identity of antecedents from the identity of results.1 Thus Xenophanes said:
“There is as much impiety in asserting that the gods are born as in
saying that they die; for either way the result is that at some time or other
they did not exist.” And, generally speaking, one may always regard as
identical the results produced by one or other of any two things: “You
are about to decide, not about Isocrates alone, but about education generally,
whether it is right to study philosophy.”2 And,
“to give earth and water is slavery,” and “to be
included in the common peace3 implies obeying
orders.” Of two alternatives, you should take that which is useful.
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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