# Topica 1.12

Aristotle, Topica, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/topica/1.12

Διωρισμένων δὲ τούτων χρὴ διελέσθαι πόσα τῶν λόγων εἴδη τῶν διαλεκτικῶν. Ἔστι δὲ τὸ μὲν ἐπαγωγή, τὸ δὲ συλλογισμός. Καὶ συλλογισμὸς μὲν τί ἐστιν, εἴρηται πρότερον, ἐπαγωγὴ δὲ ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν καθ᾿ ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τὰ καθόλου ἔφοδος, οἷον εἰ ἔστι κυβερνήτης ὁ ἐπιστάμενος κράτιστος καὶ ἡνίοχος, καὶ ὅλως ἐστὶν ὁ ἐπιστάμενος περὶ ἕκαστον ἄριστος. Ἔστι δ᾿ ἡ μὲν ἐπαγωγὴ πιθανώτερον καὶ σαφέστερον καὶ κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν γνωριμώτερον καὶ τοῖς πολλοῖς κοινόν, ὁ δὲ συλλογισμὸς βιαστικώτερον καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἀντιλογικοὺς ἐνεργέστερον.

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Aristotle, Topica, ed. Immanuel Bekker. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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