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The following type of argument on the
other hand is more serviceable in questions turning
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on definition or quality.1 “If strength is good for
the body, health is no less good.” “If theft is a
crime, sacrilege is a greater crime.” “If abstinence
is a virtue, so is self-control.” “If the world is
governed by providence, the state also requires a
government.” “If a house cannot be built without
a plan, what of a whole city?” “If naval stores
require careful supervision, so also do arms.”
1 See iii. 6. passim.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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