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This was an interesting chapter with much to dig into, both DeWitt's text itself and intriguing references. I found this enjoyable... except for those last couple pages. Consider that a teaser. Here we go... (Quote) I had no idea what the "sorites syllogism" was. Wikipedia had a basic introduction to polysyllogism. "A sorites is a specific kind of polysyllogism in which the predicate of each proposition is the subject of the next premise." On p. 78, DeWitt talks about Origen writing about Epicur…