Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 1.10.38

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[38] For, if necessary, he will use the syllogism, and he will certainly make use of the enthymeme which is a rhetorical form of syllogism. ¹ Further the most absolute form of proof is that which is generally known as linear demonstration. And what is the aim of oratory if not proof?

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator). Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

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[38] nam et syllogismo, si res poscet, utetur et certe enthymemate, qui rhetoricus est syllogismus. denique probationum quae sunt potentissimae γραμμικαὶ ἀποδείξεις vulgo dicuntur: quid autem magis oratio quam probationem petit?

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Institutio Oratoria

1. See v. xiv. I for an example from the Pro Ligario.

The cause was then doubtful, as there were arguments on both sides. Now, however, we must regard that cause as the better, to which the gods have given their approval.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 1.10.38

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

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