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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 4
Section 573 of 882
Canonical reference 2.26.4
Ancient Greek
ἡ δʼ ἔνστασις οὐκ ἔστιν ἐνθύμημα, ἀλλά, καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς Τοπικοῖς, τὸ εἰπεῖν δόξαν τινὰ ἐξ ἧς ἔσται δῆλον ὅτι οὐ συλλελόγισται ἢ ὅτι ψεῦδός τι εἴληφεν.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
And the objection is not an enthymeme, but, as I said in the Topics , it is stating an opinion which is intended to make it clear that the adversary's syllogism is not logical, or that he has assumed some false premise.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Et l’objection n’est pas un enthymème. Comme je l’ai dit dans les Topiques, elle consiste à énoncer une opinion destinée à faire voir que le syllogisme de l’adversaire n’est pas logique ou qu’il a posé quelque prémisse fausse.