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With regard to accidental circumstances,
which also provide matter for arguments, these
clearly belong to subsequent time, but are distinguished by a certain special quality, as for instance if
I should say, “Scipio was a better general than
Hannibal, for he conquered Hannibal”;“He was a
good pilot, for he was never shipwrecked”; “He was
a good farmer, for he gathered in huge harvests”;
or referring to bad qualities, “He was a prodigal, for
he squandered his patrimony”; “His life was disgraceful, for he was hated by all.”
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