[2]
secondly it signifies a proposition with a reason, and thirdly a conclusion of an
argument drawn either from denial of consequents or
from incompatibles1; although there is some controversy on this point. For there are some who style a
conclusion from consequents an epicheireme, while it
will be found that the majority hold the view that an
epicheireme is a conclusion from incompatibles:2
wherefore Cornificius styles it a contrarium or argument from contraries. Some again call it a rhetorical
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