Most enthymemes are derived from thesespecies that are particular and specific, fewer from the common [top-ics].70Just as in the case of topoi, so also in the case of enthymemes,a distinction should be made between the species and the topoifromwhich they are to be taken.

for everyone thinks the laws ought torequire this, and some even adopt the practice and forbid speakingoutside the subject, as in the Areopagus too,14rightly so providing;for it is wrong to warp the jury by leading them into anger or envy or