enthymemes

Arguments pursued in these poems take the form of "enthymemes," curtal syllogisms, which like the epideictic mode are a legacy of the

'A darkling plain': Hemans, Byron and _The Sceptic; A Poem_ 2001

Every one who effects persuasion through proof does in fact use either enthymemes or examples: there is no other way….

Aristotle's Rhetoric - Selected Moments 2010

It is evident, therefore, that the propositions forming the basis of enthymemes, though some of them may be

Aristotle's Rhetoric - Selected Moments 2010

I keep thinking about the construction of argument, particularly the construction of enthymemes.

Some other things I’ve been thinking about « Dyepot, Teapot 2005

In as many ways as we can change things which are equivalent to one another, in just so many ways we can change the forms of arguments and enthymemes in argumentation.

The Discourses of Epictetus 2004

Most enthymemes are in fact based upon these particular or special Lines of Argument; comparatively few on the common or general kind.

Rhetoric Aristotle 2002

Now if you have proofs to bring forward, bring them forward, and your moral discourse as well; if you have no enthymemes, then fall back upon moral discourse: after all, it is more fitting for a good man to display himself as an honest fellow than as a subtle reasoner.

Rhetoric Aristotle 2002

Refutative enthymemes are more popular than demonstrative ones: their logical cogency is more striking: the facts about two opposites always stand out clearly when the two are nut side by side.

Rhetoric Aristotle 2002

We will begin, as we must begin, by observing that there are two kinds of enthymemes.

Rhetoric Aristotle 2002

Objections and Refutations, showing how they can be brought to bear upon enthymemes.

Rhetoric Aristotle 2002