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The fourth kind of objection is derived from the former decisions of
well-known men. For instance, if the enthymeme is that one should make allowance
for those who are drunk, for their offence is the result of ignorance, it may be
objected that Pittacus then is unworthy of commendation, otherwise he would not
have laid down severer punishment for a man who commits an offence when drunk.
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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