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