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Another fallacy is that of the Consequence.1 For
instance, in the Alexander Paris it is said that Paris was high-minded, because he despised the companionship of
the common herd and dwelt on Ida by himself; for because the high-minded are of
this character, Paris also might be
thought high-minded. Or, since a man pays attention to dress and roams about at
night, he is a libertine, because libertines are of this character. Similarly,
the poor sing and dance in the temples, exiles can live where they please; and
since these things belong to those who are apparently happy, those to whom they
belong may also be thought happy. But there is a difference in conditions;2 wherefore this topic also falls under the head of
omission.
1 Assuming a proposition to be convertible, when it is not; it does not follow, assuming that all the high-minded dwell by themselves, that all who dwell by themselves are highminded.
2 The poor want to get money; the rich dance and sing to amuse themselves, or to show that they can do as they like. Exiles can certainly live where they like in a foreign land, but would prefer to live in their own country; the rich, who are not exiles, travel to amuse themselves.
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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