Institutio Oratoria

Quintilian

Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria, Volume 1-4. Butler, Harold Edgeworth, translator. Cambridge, Mass; London: Harvard University Press, William Heinemann Ltd., 1920-1922.

I have said that the epicheireme consists of three parts: its form is not however invariable. There is

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firstly the form in which the conclusion is identical with what has already been stated in the major premise.

The soul is immortal, since whatever derives its motion from itself is immortal. But the soul derives its motion from itself. Therefore the soul is immortal.

This process occurs not merely in individual arguments, but in whole cases, provided they are of a simple character, and also in questions. [*](See III. vi. 9, 10.)