“We ought to be able to persuade on opposite sides of a question; as also we ought in the case of arguing by syllogism: not that we should practice both, for it is not right to persuade to what is bad; but in order that the bearing of the case may not escape us, and that when another makes an unfair use of these reasonings, we may be able to solve them.”
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Source: Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric
Source: Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric
Source: Treatise on Rhetoric: Literally Translated from the Greek
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