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Full Idea
The sophistical argument 'if each is small, so too are all' is in one way true and in another false. For the whole composed of all the parts is not small, but it is composed of small parts.
Gist of Idea
'If each is small, so too are all' is in one way false, for the whole composed of all is not small
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1307b36)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.125
A Reaction
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