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4]
Some have called
this form of
reflexion a part of the
enthymeme, others
the major premise or conclusion of the
epichireme, as
it sometimes, though not invariably, is. More correct
is the statement that at times it is simple, as in the
example just quoted, while at other times a reason
for the statement may be added,
1 such as the following:
2 “For in every struggle, the stronger seems not
to suffer wrong, even when this is actually the case,
but to inflict it, simply in virtue of his superior
power.” Sometimes, again, it may be double, as in
the statement that
Complaisance wins us friends, truth enmity.
Ter. Andr. I. i. 41.
There are some even who classify them under ten
3
heads, though the principle on which they make
this division is such that it would justify a still
larger number: they class them as based on interrogation, comparison, denial, similarity, admiration,
and the like, for they can be treated under every
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kind of figure. A striking type is that which is
produced by opposition:
Death is not bitter, but the approach to death.
Author unknown.
Others are cast in a form of a direct statement,
