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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 16

Section 164 of 882

Canonical reference 1.2.16

Ancient Greek

τῶν δὲ σημείων τὸ μὲν οὕτως ἔχει ὡς τῶν καθʼ ἕκαστόν τι πρὸς τὸ καθόλου, τὸ δὲ ὡς τῶν καθόλου τι πρὸς τὸ κατὰ μέρος. τούτων δὲ τὸ μὲν ἀναγκαῖον τεκμήριον, τὸ δὲ μὴ ἀναγκαῖον ἀνώνυμόν ἐστι κατὰ τὴν διαφοράν.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

As to signs, some are related as the particular to the universal, others as the universal to the particular. Necessary signs are called tekmeria ; those which are not necessary have no distinguishing name.

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Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

Quant aux signes, les uns se rapportent comme le particulier à l’universel, les autres comme l’universel au particulier. Les signes nécessaires sont appelés tekmēria; ceux qui ne sont pas nécessaires n’ont pas de nom distinctif.

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