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The syllogistic basis, then, deduces from the letter
of the law that which is uncertain; and since this
conclusion is arrived at by reason, the basis is called
ratiocinative.1 It may be subdivided into the following species of question. If it is right to do a thing
once, is it right to do it often? Example: “A
priestess found guilty of unchastity is thrown from
the Tarpeian rock and survives. It is demanded
that she shall be thrown down again.” If the law
grants a privilege with reference to one thing, does
it grant it with reference to a number? Example:
“A man kills two tyrants together and claims two
rewards.”
1 See in. vi. 43, 61.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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