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... probable . The probable in so far as it is verisimilar belongs to the poet , because the poet uses proof less efficiently than the dialectician - indeed , imitation , example , and com- parison are the weakest kinds of proof , as ...
... probable . The probable in so far as it is verisimilar belongs to the poet , because the poet uses proof less efficiently than the dialectician - indeed , imitation , example , and com- parison are the weakest kinds of proof , as ...
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... probable in themselves , are verisimilar ; and Homer's skill made them most probable , or incontrovertible and completely truthlike . Otherwise I would say that poetry is not to be placed under dialectic , but rather under logic , which ...
... probable in themselves , are verisimilar ; and Homer's skill made them most probable , or incontrovertible and completely truthlike . Otherwise I would say that poetry is not to be placed under dialectic , but rather under logic , which ...
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... probable and the apparent - probable are not the same , according to Aristotle in Book I of the Topics ; on the contrary , none of the things that appear probable at first glance or on some extrinsic ground is wholly probable ...
... probable and the apparent - probable are not the same , according to Aristotle in Book I of the Topics ; on the contrary , none of the things that appear probable at first glance or on some extrinsic ground is wholly probable ...
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