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The difference between example and enthymeme is
evident from the Topics,1 where, in discussing syllogism and
induction, it has previously been said that the proof from a number of
particular cases that such is the rule, is called in Dialectic induction, in
Rhetoric example; but when, certain things being posited, something different
results by reason of them, alongside of them, from their being true, either
universally or in most cases, such a conclusion in Dialectic is called a
syllogism, in Rhetoric an enthymeme.
1 From the definitions of syllogism （1.1） and induction （1.12）. No particular passage, however, explains the difference here mentioned.
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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