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And whenever you wish to arouse emotion, do not
use an enthymeme, for it will either drive out the emotion or it will be
useless; for simultaneous movements drive each other out, the result being their
mutual destruction or weakening. Nor should you look for an enthymeme at the
time when you wish to give the speech an ethical character; for demonstration
involves neither moral character nor moral purpose.
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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