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But these arguments
may readily be met by arguments from dissimilars:
“It is not the same thing for the master of the
house to have intercourse with a female slave as for
the mistress to have intercourse with a male slave;
nor does it follow that because dumb animals pursue
pleasure, reasoning beings should do likewise.” Or
they may even be met by arguments from opposites;
as for instance, “Because pleasure is an end sought
by dumb animals, it should not be sought by
reasoning beings.”
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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