[10]
I have said that the epicheireme consists of three
parts: its form is not however invariable. There is
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firstly the form in which the conclusion is identical
with what has already been stated in the major
premise. “The soul is immortal, since whatever
derives its motion from itself is immortal. But the
soul derives its motion from itself. Therefore the
soul is immortal.” This process occurs not merely
in individual arguments, but in whole cases, provided
they are of a simple character, and also in questions.1
1 See III. vi. 9, 10.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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