[7]
Let us then take
an example from Cicero1 of the epicheireme consisting
of five parts. “Those things which are controlled
by reason are better governed than those which are
not.” This they call the first part and consider that
it requires to be established by various reasons and
a copious display of eloquence. Personally I hold
that the whole of this together with its reason forms
but one part. Otherwise, if the reason is to be treated
as a separate part and if there are a variety of
reasons, this will involve an addition to the number
of parts. Next he produces the minor premise:
1 de Inv. 3. xxxiv. 58.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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