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Single Idea 5861
[filed under theme 26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation
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Full Idea
Men take its occurring after as its occurring because.
Gist of Idea
People assume events cause what follows them
Source
Aristotle (The Art of Rhetoric [c.350 BCE], 1401b30)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'The Art of Rhetoric', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,H.C. [Penguin 1991], p.210
A Reaction
The Latin is 'post hoc propter hoc' - after this so because of this. It is quite a good inductive rule, but obviously open to abuse, as in legal cases, as when someone happens to acquire a lot of money just after a crime.
The
17 ideas
from 'The Art of Rhetoric'
5847
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It is the role of dialectic to survey syllogisms
[Aristotle]
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5848
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All good things can be misused, except virtue
[Aristotle]
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5849
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Rhetoric is a political offshoot of dialectic and ethics
[Aristotle]
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5850
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Happiness is composed of a catalogue of internal and external benefits
[Aristotle]
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5851
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Pentathletes look the most beautiful, because they combine speed and strength
[Aristotle]
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5852
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The four constitutions are democracy (freedom), oligarchy (wealth), aristocracy (custom), tyranny (security)
[Aristotle]
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5853
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The best virtues are the most useful to others
[Aristotle]
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1660
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It is noble to avenge oneself on one's enemies, and not come to terms with them
[Aristotle]
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23250
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Desired responsible actions result either from rational or from irrational desire
[Aristotle]
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5854
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Nobody fears a disease which nobody has yet caught
[Aristotle]
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5855
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We all feel universal right and wrong, independent of any community or contracts
[Aristotle]
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5856
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Self-interest is a relative good, but nobility an absolute good
[Aristotle]
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5857
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The young feel pity from philanthropy, but the old from self-concern
[Aristotle]
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5858
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Men are physically prime at thirty-five, and mentally prime at forty-nine
[Aristotle]
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5859
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Rich people are mindlessly happy
[Aristotle]
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5861
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People assume events cause what follows them
[Aristotle]
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5862
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A single counterexample is enough to prove that a truth is not necessary
[Aristotle]
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