Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 5.10.5

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[5] Others regard it not as an attempted or imperfect proof, but a complete proof, falling under the most special ¹ species of proof; consequently, according to its proper and most generally received appellation it must be understood in the sense of a definite conception of some thought consisting of at least three parts. ² Some call an ἐπιχείρημα a reason,

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[5] aliis videtur non destinata vel inchoata, sed perfecta probatio hoc nomen accipere, ultima specie; ideoque propria eius appellatio et maxime in usu est posita, qua significatur certa quaedam sententiae comprehensio, quae ex tribus minimum partibus constat.

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1. The last or lowest species. p. § 56 and VII. i. 23.

2. i.e. the major and minor premisses and the conclusion. See v. xiv. 6 sqq.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 5.10.5

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