All the Works of Epictetus, Which Are Now Extant/Book 2/Chapter 25

by Epictetus

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CHAPTER XXV.

That Logic is necessary.

WHEN one of the Company said to him, "Convince me that Logic is necessary;" Would you have me demonstrate it to you, says he?——"Yes."——Then I must use a demonstrative Form of Argument——"Granted."——And how will you know then, whether I argue sophistically? On this, the Man being silent; You see, says he, that, even by your own Confession, Logic is necessary; since, without its Assistance, you cannot learn so much as whether it be necessary, or not.