Kitap 2
21.3
Now, if a maxim is what we have stated, it follows that maxims are of four kinds; for they are either accompanied by an epilogue or not.Maxims with an epilogue are (1) imperfect enthymemes, or (2) enthymematic in character, but not in form; those without an epilogue are (1) such as are well known, or (2) such as are clear as soon as they are uttered.
21.4
Now all those that state anything that is contrary to the general opinion or is a matter of dispute, need demonstrative proof; but those that do not, need no epilogue,Something added as a supplementary proof, the why and the wherefore; in Book 3.19 it is used for the peroration of a speech.
21.5
either because they are already known, as, for instance, Health is a most excellent thing for a man, at least in our opinion,From Simonides or Epicharmus. for this is generally agreed; or because, no sooner are they uttered than they are clear to those who consider them, for instance, He is no lover who does not love always.Eur. Tro. 1051.
