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but Cicero1
is more correct in calling it a reasoning, although he
too seems to derive this name from the syllogism
rather than anything else; for he calls the
syllogistic basis2 a ratiocinative basis and quotes philosophers to support him. And since there is a certain kinship between a syllogism and an epicheireme,
it may be thought that he was justified in his use of
the latter term.
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