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where Homer does not say τοιαῦτα （such things as）, but τόσα （as many things as）. Nor
should you try to find enthymemes about everything; otherwise you will be
imitating certain philosophers, who draw conclusions that are better known and
more plausible than the premises from which they are drawn.1
1 For this passage see 1.2.12-13. The meaning is that it is absurd to prove what every one knows already.
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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