Enthymeme

And objections which are introduced from the judgments of illustrious men are as if the enthymeme were, quote, that it is requisite to pardon those who are intoxicated, for they err ignorantly, close quote.

The objection is, quote, that Pittacus, therefore, does not deserve to be praised, for he should not have legally established greater punishments for intoxication, if he who is intoxicated errs through ignorance, close quote.

Enthymemes, however, are derived from four things, and these four are the probable, example, techmerion, i.e. a necessary sign, and a sign, not necessary.

But those enthymemes which are collected from things that exist for the most part, or appear to exist, are derived from probabilities.

Those which are derived from the similar, either from one or many similar things, bracket, when the orator, assuming what is universal, syllogistically collects what is particular, close bracket, exist through example.

But signs which are not necessary, and enthymemes derived through a sign, are solved in the way we mentioned in the first book.

For that every such sign is unsyllogistic is evident to us from the analytics.

Enthymemes, however, derived from examples are solved after the same manner as enthymemes derived from probabilities.