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Nor are
enthymemes by which arguments are refuted of a different kind from those by
which they are established; for it is clear that demonstration or bringing an
objection is the means of refutation. By the first the contrary of the
adversary's conclusion is demonstrated; for instance, if he has shown that a
thing has happened, his opponent shows that it has not; if he has shown that a
thing has not happened, he shows that it has. This, therefore, will not be the
difference between them; for both employ the same arguments; they bring forward
enthymemes to show that the thing is or that it is not.
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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