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    If the accused person is modest, the accusation should pr... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The original dilemma can be turned back on the interrogator

    If the accused person is modest, the accusation should proceed because the accused will be concerned by such a charge

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    Dilemma, too, receives extensive treatment from him. This type of argument had been widely studied in antiquity. The basic structure is a disjunction of propositions, usually in the form of a double question in an interrogation, which sets a trap for the respondent, since whichever horn of the dilemma he chooses, he seems to be caught up in a contradiction and will lose the debate (“If he is modest, why should you accuse someone who is a good man? If he is bad, why should you accuse someone who

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