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χρῆσθαι δὲ δεῖ καὶ ταῖς τεθρυλημέναις καὶ κοιναῖς γνώμαις, ἐὰν ὦσι χρήσιμοι: διὰ γὰρ τὸ εἶναι κοιναί, ὡς ὁμολογούντων πάντων, ὀρθῶς ἔχειν δοκοῦσιν, οἷον παρακαλοῦντι ἐπὶ τὸ κινδυνεύειν μὴ θυσαμένους “εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος ἀμύνεσθαι περὶ πάτρης,
” Hom. Il. 12.243
καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἥττους ὄντας “ξυνὸς Ἐνυάλιος,
” Hom. Il. 18.309 καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἀναιρεῖν τῶν ἐχθρῶν τὰ τέκνα καὶ μηδὲν ἀδικοῦντα “νήπιος ὃς πατέρα κτείνας παῖδας καταλείπει.
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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