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Thank you Massimo. One point: the quote from Epictetus seems a luittle unclear in the translation. Here is another one (from anastrophe.uchicago.edu… )
When one of the company said to him, "Convince me that logic is necessary," - Would you have me, he said, demonstrate it to you? "Yes." Then I must use a demonstrative form of argument. "G…
Thank you Massimo. One point: the quote from Epictetus seems a luittle unclear in the translation. Here is another one (from https://anastrophe.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/perseus/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekNov21&query=Epict.%20Disc.%202.25&getid=1 )
When one of the company said to him, "Convince me that logic is necessary," - Would you have me, he said, demonstrate it to you? "Yes." Then I must use a demonstrative form of argument. "Granted." And how will you know, then, whether I argue sophistically? On this, the man being silent, You see, says he, that even by your own confession, logic is necessary; since without it, you cannot even learn whether it be necessary or not.