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Another topic, when men or things have been
attacked by slander, in reality or in appearance,1 consists in stating the reason for the false
opinion; for there must be a reason for the supposition of guilt. For example, a
woman embraced her son in a manner that suggested she had illicit relations with
him, but when the reason was explained, the slander was quashed. Again, in the
Ajax of Theodectes, Odysseus explains to Ajax why, although
really more courageous than Ajax, he is not considered to be so.
1 Understanding διαβεβλῆσθαι. Others read μὴ （for ἢ） δοκοῦσι, “when there seems no reason to suspect them.”
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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