Kitap 2
25.4
In the first case, if for instance the enthymeme was intended to prove that love is good, two objections might be made; either the general statement that all wantLove is regarded as a desire, and therefore as bad as any other desire. It is here included under the general head of want. is bad, or in particular, that Caunian loveIncest: Ovid Met. 9.454. would not have become proverbial, unless some forms of love had been bad.
25.5
An objection from what is contrary is brought if, for instance, the enthymeme is that the good man does good to all his friends; it may be objected: But the bad man does not do harm [to all his friends].The contrary of good men do good to all their friends is bad men do harm to all their friends, but this is not always true. Jebb gives the objection as: No, the bad man does not do evil to all his enemies.
25.6
An objection from what is similar is brought, if the enthymeme is that those who have been injured always hate, by arguing that those who have been benefited do not always love.
25.7
The fourth kind of objection is derived from the former decisions of well-known men. For instance, if the enthymeme is that one should make allowance for those who are drunk, for their offence is the result of ignorance, it may be objected that Pittacus then is unworthy of commendation, otherwise he would not have laid down severer punishment for a man who commits an offence when drunk.
