If the former interpretation is true, then Aristotle concedes in the very definition of the enthymeme that some enthymemes are not deductive. |
But if the evidence be deductive, it will probably consist of an enthymeme, or of several enthymemes one depending on another. |
The fallacious enthymeme pretends to include a valid deduction, while it actually rests on a fallacious inference. |
It is a common way of hiding a weak point to cover it in the suppressed premise of an enthymeme. |
In the bald, simple forms here set down, the syllogism and enthymeme are hardly suited to delivery in speeches. |
In this enthymeme, the major premise of the complete syllogism is missing. |