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ἄλλος τὸ τὸ διῃρημένον συντιθέντα λέγειν ἢ τὸ συγκείμενον διαιροῦντα: ἐπεὶ γὰρ ταὐτὸν δοκεῖ εἶναι οὐκ ὂν ταὐτὸ πολλάκις, ὁπότερον χρησιμώτερον, τοῦτο δεῖ ποιεῖν. ἔστι δὲ τοῦτο Εὐθυδήμου λόγος, οἷον τὸ εἰδέναι ὅτι τριήρης ἐμ Πειραεῖ ἐστίν: ἕκαστον γὰρ οἶδεν. καὶ τὸν τὰ
στοιχεῖα ἐπιστάμενον ὅτι τὸ ἔπος οἶδεν: τὸ γὰρ ἔπος τὸ αὐτό ἐστιν. καὶ ἐπεὶ τὸ δὶς τοσοῦτον νοσῶδες, μηδὲ τὸ ἓν φάναι ὑγιεινὸν εἶναι: ἄτοπον γὰρ εἰ τὰ δύο ἀγαθὰ ἓν κακόν ἐστιν. οὕτω μὲν οὖν ἐλεγκτικόν, ὧδε δὲ δεικτικόν: οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἓν ἀγαθὸν δύο κακά: ὅλος δὲ ὁ τόπος παραλογιστικός. πάλιν τὸ
Πολυκράτους εἰς Θρασύβουλον, ὅτι τριάκοντα τυράννους κατέλυσε: συντίθησι γάρ. ἢ τὸ ἐν τῷ Ὀρέστῃ τῷ Θεοδέκτου: ἐκ διαιρέσεως γάρ ἐστιν: “δίκαιόν ἐστιν, ἥτις ἂν κτείνῃ πόσιν,
” Theodectes fr. 5 ἀποθνῄσκειν ταύτην, καὶ τῷ πατρί γε τιμωρεῖν τὸν υἱόν,
οὐκοῦν καὶ ταῦτα ἃ πέπρακται: συντεθέντα γὰρ ἴσως οὐκέτι δίκαιον. εἴη δ᾽ ἂν καὶ παρὰ τὴν ἔλλειψιν: ἀφαιρεῖ γὰρ τὸ ὑπὸ τίνος.
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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