I call the enthymeme a rhetorical syllogism, and the example a rhetorical induction. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Rhetoric - Selected Moments] Reference
The example is an induction, the enthymeme is a syllogism, and the apparent enthymeme is an apparent syllogism. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Rhetoric - Selected Moments] Reference
Every kind of syllogism is composed of propositions, and the enthymeme is a particular kind of syllogism composed of the aforesaid propositions. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
"That seems to me a good enthymeme," my master admitted. From Wordnik.com. [The Name of the Rose]
SANCHEZ: But what about the end of the enthymeme, though. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2008] Reference
Amplification and Depreciation are not an element of enthymeme. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
Put thus, the enthymeme is refutative; put as follows; demonstrative. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
An objection, on the other hand, is not an enthymeme at all, as was said in the. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
This is why Aristotle says that the enthymeme is and should be from fewer premises. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Rhetoric] Reference
He is taking issue with the now-explicitly articulated premise #1 of your earlier enthymeme. From Wordnik.com. [New Hillary Mailer In New Hampshire: "Ready"] Reference
(By an ‘elementary class’ of enthymeme I mean the same thing as a ‘line of argument’.). From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
Since a demonstration is a kind of sullogismos, and the enthymeme is said to be a sullogismos too. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Rhetoric] Reference
Who ever reasoned better for having been taught the difference between a syllogism and an enthymeme?. From Wordnik.com. [Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School] Reference
The enthymeme must consist of few propositions, fewer often than those which make up the normal syllogism. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Rhetoric - Selected Moments] Reference
This special line of argument for enthymeme forms the whole of the Art of Rhetoric in use before Theodorus. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
If I ever did bring every art into play, I did then -- period, transition, enthymeme, deduction -- everything. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
For Aristotle, an enthymeme is what has the function of a proof or demonstration in the domain of public speech. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Rhetoric] Reference
The fallacious enthymeme pretends to include a valid deduction, while it actually rests on a fallacious inference. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Rhetoric] Reference
The orator's demonstration is an enthymeme, and this is, in general, the most effective of the modes of persuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Rhetoric - Selected Moments] Reference
Let's go over to the wall and we will take this one step at a time, as you follow the logical enthymeme of this story. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2007] Reference
Having analysed these subjects, we will try to say what we can about the general principles of arguing by ‘enthymeme’ and. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
As Walker points out, the enthymeme emerges in relationship to "opportunity" or "occasion"; arriving at identification in the moment. From Wordnik.com. ['A darkling plain': Hemans, Byron and _The Sceptic; A Poem_] Reference
Here there is no genuine enthymeme: the hearer infers guilt or innocence, but no proof is given, and the inference is fallacious accordingly. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
Aristotle does not mean a proper part of the enthymeme, but a general form under which many concrete enthymemes of the same type can be subsumed. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Rhetoric] Reference
The difference between example and enthymeme is made plain by the passages in the Topics where induction and syllogism have already been discussed. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
The syllogism above would be rendered an enthymeme simply by maintaining that "Michael is mortal because he's human" (leaving out the major premise). From Wordnik.com. [Rhetorical Figures in Sound: Enthymeme] Reference
The demonstrative enthymeme is formed by the conjunction of compatible propositions; the refutative, by the conjunction of incompatible propositions. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
"Socrates will die because all men are mortal" is an enthymeme. From Wordnik.com. [English: Composition and Literature] Reference
In an enthymeme, great care should be taken with the suppressed premise. From Wordnik.com. [English: Composition and Literature] Reference
Fill up the double enthymeme who list, I am not going to endeavour to do so. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Arnold] Reference
It is a common way of hiding a weak point to cover it in the suppressed premise of an enthymeme. From Wordnik.com. [English: Composition and Literature] Reference
‘example’ is highly suitable for political oratory, argument by ‘enthymeme’ better suits forensic. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
But to make the former an actual reason requires an enthymeme: "If it seems that X, then it really is that X.". From Wordnik.com. [The Barefoot Bum] Reference
That is a method of reasoning — an enthymeme — which rouses the bitterest feelings of sullen and rancorous hatred. From Wordnik.com. [Counsels and Maxims] Reference
Today's enthymeme looks like a tautology, in the way that "biologists are experts in biology" is expected to be a tautology. From Wordnik.com. [The Bronze Blog] Reference
The orator’s demonstration is an enthymeme, and this is, in general, the most effective of the modes of persuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
II. 22, 1395b24-26) Aristotle says that the enthymeme often has few or even fewer premises than some other deductions. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Rhetoric] Reference
‘Maxim’ is part of an enthymeme. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.