Ἐπαγωγή
induction; sequence-formation
Translated by Marcelo Boeri11 Jun 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
From the Art of Tactics:
From the Topics:4 induction and deduction (
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπαγωγή· ἐπαγωγή ἐστι λόγος διά τινων ἀληθῶν τὸ ὅμοιον αὑτῷ ἀληθὲς οἰκείως ἐπιφέρων. δύο δὲ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς εἰσὶ τρόποι, ὅ τε κατ' ἐναντίωσιν καὶ ὁ ἐκ τῆς ἀκολουθίας. ὁ μὲν οὖν κατ' ἐναντίωσίν ἐστιν ἐξ οὗ τῷ ἐρωτωμένῳ περὶ πᾶσαν ἀπόκρισιν ἀκολουθήσει τὸ ἐναντίον· οἷον, ὁ ἐμὸς πατὴρ τῷ σῷ πατρὶ ἤτοι ἕτερός ἐστιν ἢ αὐτός. εἰ μὲν οὖν ἕτερός ἐστιν τοῦ ἐμοῦ πατρὸς ὁ σὸς πατήρ, πατρὸς ἕτερος ὢν οὐκ ἂν εἴη πατήρ· εἰ δὲ ὁ αὐτός ἐστι τῷ ἐμῷ πατρί, ὁ αὐτὸς ὢν τῷ ἐμῷ πατρὶ ὁ ἐμὸς ἂν εἴη πατήρ. καὶ πάλιν, εἰ μὴ ζῷόν ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος, λίθος ἂν εἴη ἢ ξύλον. οὐκ ἔστι δὲ λίθος ἢ ξύλον ἔμψυχος γάρ ἐστι καὶ ἐξ αὑτοῦ κινεῖται. ζῷον γάρ ἐστιν. εἰ δὲ ζῷόν ἐστι, ζῷον δὲ καὶ ὁ κύων καὶ ὁ βοῦς, εἴη ἂν καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ζῷον, καὶ κύων καὶ βοῦς. καὶ οὗτος μὲν ὁ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς κατ' ἐναντίωσιν καὶ μάχην τρόπος ὁ διελέγχων. ὁ δὲ τῆς ἀκολουθίας ἐστὶ διπλοῦς· ὁ μὲν τὸ ἐπὶ μέρους ζητούμενον διὰ τοῦ ἐπὶ μέρους ἀποδεικνύς. καὶ ἔστιν ὁ μὲν πρότερος ῥητορικός, ὁ δὲ δεύτερος διαλεκτικός. οἷον, ἐν τῷ προτέρῳ ζητεῖται, εἰ ὅδε ἀπέκτεινεν. ἀπόδειξις τὸ εὑρῆσθαι αὐτὸν κατ' ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν ᾑμαγμένον. ῥητορικὸς δέ ἐστι ὁ τρόπος τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς οὗτος· ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἡ ῥητορικὴ περὶ τὰ ἐπὶ μέρους, οὐ τὰ καθόλου τὴν πραγματείαν ἔχει. ζητεῖ γὰρ οὐ περὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ δικαίου, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἐπὶ μέρους δικαίων. ὁ δὲ ἕτερός ἐστι διαλεκτικός, προαποδειχθέντος τοῦ καθόλου διὰ τῶν ἐπὶ μέρους. οἷον ζητεῖται, εἰ ἡ ψυχὴ ἀθάνατος, καὶ εἰ ἐκ τῶν τεθνεώτων οἱ ζῶντες· ὅπερ ἀποδείκνυται ἐν τῷ περὶ ψυχῆς διά τινος καθολικοῦ, ὅτι ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων τὰ ἐναντία. καὶ αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ καθόλου κατασκευάζεται ἔκ τινων ὄντων ἐπὶ μέρους, ὅτι τὸ καθεύδειν ἐκ τοῦ ἐγρηγορέναι καὶ ἀνάπαλιν, καὶ τὸ μεῖζον ἐκ τοῦ μικροτέρου καὶ ἀνάπαλιν. ἐκ τῶν Τακτικῶν. Ἐπαγωγὴ πάλιν ἐστίν, ὅταν τάγμα τάγματι ὑποτάσσηται, οἷον τετραρχίας ἡγουμένης αἱ λοιπαὶ τετραρχίαι ὑποτάσσωνται, ἢ ξεναγίας ἡγουμένης αἱ λοιπαὶ ξεναγίαι ἐπακολουθοῦσι, καὶ καθόλου, ὅταν σύνταγμα συντάγματι ἐν πορείᾳ ἕπηται, ὥστε τοῖς τοῦ προηγουμένου συντάγματος οὐραγοῖς τοὺς τοῦ ἑξῆς συντάγματος ἡγεμόνας συνάπτειν. ἐκ τῶν Τοπικῶν. ὅτι ἡ ἐπαγωγὴ καὶ ὁ συλλογισμὸς ὄργανά εἰσι λόγων διαλεκτικῶν, καθ' οὓς τὸ γυμνάζεσθαι γίνεται. καὶ ἡ μὲν διὰ τοῦ καθόλου δεῖξις συλλογιστική, ἡ δὲ διὰ τῶν ὑπὸ τὸ καθόλου ἐπακτική. ὑποτάσσεται δὲ τῷ μὲν συλλογισμῷ τὸ ἐνθύμημα, τῇ δὲ ἐπαγωγῇ τὸ παράδειγμα. καὶ ἔστι τὸ μὲν ἐνθύμημα ῥητορικὸς συλλογισμός, τὸ δὲ παράδειγμα ῥητορικὴ ἐπαγωγή. ἐπαγωγὴ δέ ἐστιν ἡ διὰ τῶν καθ' ἕκαστα ἐπὶ τὰ καθόλου πρόοδος. διὸ οὐχ ὑγιῶς λέγουσιν οἱ λέγοντες τὴν ἐπαγωγὴν λόγον εἶναι ἀπὸ ὁμοίου ἐπὶ ὅμοιον· οὐ γὰρ ὅμοιον τὸ καθόλου τοῖς ὑπ' αὐτό· τῆς δὲ τοῦ καθόλου δείξεως χάριν ἡ ἐπαγωγὴ μάλιστα. ὁ δὲ ἀπὸ ὁμοίων ἐπὶ ὅμοιον λόγος μᾶλλον ἂν τὸ παράδειγμα σημαίνοι· ὁ γὰρ λόγος ὁ διὰ τῶν καθέκαστα τὸ καθόλου δεικνὺς καὶ πιστούμενος, οὗτός ἐστιν ἐπαγωγή. ὁ γὰρ δεικνὺς διὰ τῶν καθόλου ὅτι ἐν πᾶσιν ἄριστος ὁ ἐπιστάμενος διὰ τοῦ λαβεῖν, ὅτι κυβερνήτης ἄριστος ὁ ἐπιστάμενος, ὁμοίως καὶ ἡνίοχος, ὁμοίως καὶ στρατηγός, ὁμοίως καὶ ἰατρός, ὁμοίως καὶ γεωμέτρης, μουσικός, τέκτων, δι' ἐπαγωγῆς τοῦ ἐν πᾶσιν ἄριστον εἶναι τὸν ἐπιστάμενον τὴν δεῖξιν ποιεῖται.
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*)epagwgh/: e)pagwgh/ e)sti lo/gos dia/ tinwn a)lhqw=n to\ o(/moion au(tw=| a)lhqe\s oi)kei/ws e)pife/rwn. du/o de\ th=s e)pagwgh=s ei)si\ tro/poi, o(/ te kat' e)nanti/wsin kai\ o( e)k th=s a)kolouqi/as. o( me\n ou)=n kat' e)nanti/wsi/n e)stin e)c ou(= tw=| e)rwtwme/nw| peri\ pa=san a)po/krisin a)kolouqh/sei to\ e)nanti/on: oi(=on, o( e)mo\s path\r tw=| sw=| patri\ h)/toi e(/tero/s e)stin h)\ au)to/s. ei) me\n ou)=n e(/tero/s e)stin tou= e)mou= patro\s o( so\s path/r, patro\s e(/teros w)\n ou)k a)\n ei)/h path/r: ei) de\ o( au)to/s e)sti tw=| e)mw=| patri/, o( au)to\s w)\n tw=| e)mw=| patri\ o( e)mo\s a)\n ei)/h path/r. kai\ pa/lin, ei) mh\ zw=|o/n e)stin o( a)/nqrwpos, li/qos a)\n ei)/h h)\ cu/lon. ou)k e)/sti de\ li/qos h)\ cu/lon e)/myuxos ga/r e)sti kai\ e)c au(tou= kinei=tai. zw=|on ga/r e)stin. ei) de\ zw=|o/n e)sti, zw=|on de\ kai\ o( ku/wn kai\ o( bou=s, ei)/h a)\n kai\ o( a)/nqrwpos zw=|on, kai\ ku/wn kai\ bou=s. kai\ ou(=tos me\n o( th=s e)pagwgh=s kat' e)nanti/wsin kai\ ma/xhn tro/pos o( diele/gxwn. o( de\ th=s a)kolouqi/as e)sti\ diplou=s: o( me\n to\ e)pi\ me/rous zhtou/menon dia\ tou= e)pi\ me/rous a)podeiknu/s. kai\ e)/stin o( me\n pro/teros r(htoriko/s, o( de\ deu/teros dialektiko/s. oi(=on, e)n tw=| prote/rw| zhtei=tai, ei) o(/de a)pe/kteinen. a)po/deicis to\ eu(rh=sqai au)to\n kat' e)kei=non to\n kairo\n h(|magme/non. r(htoriko\s de/ e)sti o( tro/pos th=s e)pagwgh=s ou(=tos: e)peidh\ kai\ h( r(htorikh\ peri\ ta\ e)pi\ me/rous, ou) ta\ kaqo/lou th\n pragmatei/an e)/xei. zhtei= ga\r ou) peri\ au)tou= tou= dikai/ou, a)lla\ tw=n e)pi\ me/rous dikai/wn. o( de\ e(/tero/s e)sti dialektiko/s, proapodeixqe/ntos tou= kaqo/lou dia\ tw=n e)pi\ me/rous. oi(=on zhtei=tai, ei) h( yuxh\ a)qa/natos, kai\ ei) e)k tw=n teqnew/twn oi( zw=ntes: o(/per a)podei/knutai e)n tw=| peri\ yuxh=s dia/ tinos kaqolikou=, o(/ti e)k tw=n e)nanti/wn ta\ e)nanti/a. kai\ au)to\ de\ to\ kaqo/lou kataskeua/zetai e)/k tinwn o)/ntwn e)pi\ me/rous, o(/ti to\ kaqeu/dein e)k tou= e)grhgore/nai kai\ a)na/palin, kai\ to\ mei=zon e)k tou= mikrote/rou kai\ a)na/palin. e)k tw=n *taktikw=n. *)epagwgh\ pa/lin e)sti/n, o(/tan ta/gma ta/gmati u(pota/sshtai, oi(=on tetrarxi/as h(goume/nhs ai( loipai\ tetrarxi/ai u(pota/sswntai, h)\ cenagi/as h(goume/nhs ai( loipai\ cenagi/ai e)pakolouqou=si, kai\ kaqo/lou, o(/tan su/ntagma sunta/gmati e)n porei/a| e(/phtai, w(/ste toi=s tou= prohgoume/nou sunta/gmatos ou)ragoi=s tou\s tou= e(ch=s sunta/gmatos h(gemo/nas suna/ptein. e)k tw=n *topikw=n. o(/ti h( e)pagwgh\ kai\ o( sullogismo\s o)/rgana/ ei)si lo/gwn dialektikw=n, kaq' ou(\s to\ gumna/zesqai gi/netai. kai\ h( me\n dia\ tou= kaqo/lou dei=cis sullogistikh/, h( de\ dia\ tw=n u(po\ to\ kaqo/lou e)paktikh/. u(pota/ssetai de\ tw=| me\n sullogismw=| to\ e)nqu/mhma, th=| de\ e)pagwgh=| to\ para/deigma. kai\ e)/sti to\ me\n e)nqu/mhma r(htoriko\s sullogismo/s, to\ de\ para/deigma r(htorikh\ e)pagwgh/. e)pagwgh\ de/ e)stin h( dia\ tw=n kaq' e(/kasta e)pi\ ta\ kaqo/lou pro/odos. dio\ ou)x u(giw=s le/gousin oi( le/gontes th\n e)pagwgh\n lo/gon ei)=nai a)po\ o(moi/ou e)pi\ o(/moion: ou) ga\r o(/moion to\ kaqo/lou toi=s u(p' au)to/: th=s de\ tou= kaqo/lou dei/cews xa/rin h( e)pagwgh\ ma/lista. o( de\ a)po\ o(moi/wn e)pi\ o(/moion lo/gos ma=llon a)\n to\ para/deigma shmai/noi: o( ga\r lo/gos o( dia\ tw=n kaqe/kasta to\ kaqo/lou deiknu\s kai\ pistou/menos, ou(=to/s e)stin e)pagwgh/. o( ga\r deiknu\s dia\ tw=n kaqo/lou o(/ti e)n pa=sin a)/ristos o( e)pista/menos dia\ tou= labei=n, o(/ti kubernh/ths a)/ristos o( e)pista/menos, o(moi/ws kai\ h(ni/oxos, o(moi/ws kai\ strathgo/s, o(moi/ws kai\ i)atro/s, o(moi/ws kai\ gewme/trhs, mousiko/s, te/ktwn, di' e)pagwgh=s tou= e)n pa=sin a)/riston ei)=nai to\n e)pista/menon th\n dei=cin poiei=tai.
Notes (8)
- For this headword see already epsilon 1921, epsilon 1922. The first part of the present tripartite entry reproduces (with slight variations) Diogenes Laertius 3.53-55.↩
- 1Presumably, "true premises". ↩
- 2There is apparently something missing here. In DL the second point of this mode is the universal, which proceeds by confirming through particulars (Diogenes Laertius 3.54; for the Diogenes Laertius text, I follow Marcovich's edition). ↩
- 3Still the headword, but now in a quite different (military) context. For such sequence-formation see e.g. Asclepiodotus 11.2 and 4. ↩
- 4What follows reproduces, with slight changes, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 85, 26-86, 19, where he is discussing Topica 15a11ff. ↩
- 5For the use of
dei=cis in this sense cf. Aristotle, Rhetoric 1408a26ff; Prior Analytics 34a4ff. ↩- 6The Greek is
para/deigma (see Aristotle, Rhetoric 1356b3ff.; 1402b14ff.; Prior Analytics 68b38ff.). ↩- 7This definition paraphrases Aristotle's definition in Topica 105a13-14. For the issue of method in Aristotle and the role of induction in it, see Irwin (1988), 26-36 (on induction see especially 32-33). ↩
- 8See Aristotle, Topica 105a14-16.
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- γ316Γλυκὺς ἀγκώνsweet elbowThe proverb [functions] not in terms of an opposition, but aims to say "o sweet traits". It is a proverb, as [applied to] someone/something addressed. Thus the comic poet Plato [used it] in the Phaôn. An old man there…
- ε1921Ἐπαγωγήintroduction, allurement, induction, captivity[Meaning] trial; or punishment, captivity, or any misfortune which is brought upon [a person]. "For Origen, wishing to leave nothing [in Holy Scripture] uninterpreted, cast himself into a captivity of sin."
- ε1922ἘπαγωγήinductionConcerning Plato he says: "I considered it necessary to add an account of the nature of the discourses and the arrangement of the dialogues and the method of the induction."
- η297Ἡμέρα ἐπαγωγῆςday of bringing-upon[sc. The term comes] from the [idea of] bringing upon [e)pa/gesqai] us what we deserve for the way we have lived.
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