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    It is not the case that The judges were not obliged to refrain from passing judgment in the case of Protagoras versus Euathlus.

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    • 1.A response to a dilemma can be formulated as long as one concentrates on the relevant aspects of the case.
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    • 2.Valla's rhetorical analysis shows that Euathlus cannot simultaneously invoke both the agreement and the verdict as grounds for non-payment — he must choose one or the other.
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    • 3.If Euathlus loses, refusing to obey the judges' sentence shows contempt; if Euathlus wins, he is bound by his agreement to pay Protagoras.
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    • 1.Judicial authority derives its legitimacy from the capacity to render determinate verdicts that resolve disputes rather than perpetuate them.
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    • 2.When any verdict a court renders is immediately nullified by its own logical consequences, the court lacks the jurisdictional competence to adjudicate that dispute.
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    • 3.Protagoras v. Euathlus generates contradictory legal obligations regardless of outcome, meaning no determinate resolution exists for judges to render.
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    • 1.Valla's rhetorical dissolution of the dilemma operates at the level of argument-selection, not at the level of the underlying contractual-judicial conflict that persists after judgment.
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    • 2.Hart and Fuller's positivist-natural law debate establishes that legal systems require internal consistency as a condition of validity for any particular ruling.
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    • 3.A case where the agreement and the verdict cannot be simultaneously enforced reveals a genuine gap in legal competence, not merely a rhetorical puzzle resolvable by clever framing.
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