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Further in questions
[p. 405]
which have reference to a particular person, although
it is not sufficient merely to handle the general
question, we cannot arrive at any conclusion on
the special point until we have first discussed the
general question. For how is Cato to deliberate
“whether he personally is to marry,” unless the
general question “whether marriage is desirable”
is first settled? And how is he to deliberate
“whether he should marry Marcia,” unless it is
proved that it is the duty of Cato to marry?
Quintilian. With an English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1920.
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