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Therefore, since it is evident that all men
follow this procedure in demonstration, whether they reason strictly
or loosely—since
they do not derive their arguments from all things indiscriminately, but from
what is inherent in each particular subject, and reason makes it clear that it
is impossible to prove anything in any other way1—it is evidently necessary, as has
been stated in the Topics,2 to have first on each subject a selection
of premises about probabilities and what is most suitable.
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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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