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For cases and questions always have first a major
premise, such as “You have committed sacrilege,”
or “Not everyone who has killed a man is guilty
of murder.” Second comes a reason, which is
stated at greater length in cases and questions than
in separate arguments, while finally comes the conclusion in which as a rule they set forth the point
they have proved either by enumeration of particulars or in the form of a hasty conclusion. In this
type of epicheireme the major premise is doubtful, since
it is still under investigation.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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