(6) φανερὸν δὲ ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων ὅτι ἀνάγκη περὶ τού(7)των ἔχειν πρῶτον τὰς προτάσεις·
τὰ γὰρ τεκμήρια καὶ (8) τὰ εἰκότα καὶ τὰ σημεῖα προτάσεις εἰσὶν ῥητορικαί·
ὅλως (9) μὲν γὰρ συλλογισμὸς ἐκ προτάσεών ἐστιν, τὸ δ’ ἐνθύμημα (10) συλλογισμός ἐστι συνεστηκὼς ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων προτάσεων.
(11) ἐπεὶ δὲ οὔτε πραχθῆναι οἷόν τε οὔτε πεπρᾶχθαι τὰ ἀδύ(12)νατα ἀλλὰ τὰ δυνατά, οὐδὲ τὰ μὴ γενόμενα ἢ μὴ ἐσό(13)μενα [οὐχ] οἷόν τε τὰ μὲν πεπρᾶχθαι, τὰ δὲ πραχθήσεσθαι, (14) ἀναγκαῖον καὶ τῷ συμβουλεύοντι καὶ τῷ δικαζομένῳ καὶ (15) τῷ ἐπιδεικτικῷ ἔχειν προτάσεις περὶ δυνατοῦ καὶ ἀδυνάτου, (16) καὶ εἰ γέγονεν ἢ μή, καὶ εἰ ἔσται ἢ μή.
فهو معلوم من قبل ما قد قيل أنه من الاضطرار أن يكون في هذا النحو من الكلام قضية مقدّمة
فالدلائل والصدق والرواسم هن مقدمات الريطورية
لأن السلوجسموس بأسره من المقدمات فأما التفكير فسلوجسموس يكون من هذه المقدمات التي ذُكرت
ومن أجل أن الاتي هن لا ممكنات لا يستطاع أن يفعلن في الحاضر ولا في المستقبل فانه لا الاتي لم يكنّ ولا الاتي لا يكنّ فيما يستقبل يستطاع أن يكنّ مفعولات أو يكنّ سيفعلن فلا بد للذي يشير والذي ينازع والذي يرى أو يثبت من أن تكون له قضايا في الأمر يمكن ولا يمكن وهل كان أو لم يكن ويكون أو لا يكون
Manifestum autem ex dictis quod necesse est de hiis habere prius propositiones;
tecmiria enim et ycota et signa propositiones sunt rethorice;
universaliter quidem enim sillogismus ex propositionibus est, entimema quidem sillogismus quidam sensibilis ex predictis.
Quoniam autem neque fieri arbitrantur neque facta sunt impossibilia sed possibilia, neque non fienda aut futura non arbitrantur hec quidem facta sunt, hec vero fient, necessarium est et deliberanti et iudicanti et demonstranti habere propositiones de possibili et impossibili, et si factum est aut non, aut erit aut non.
Manifestum autem ex dictis quod necesse de hiis habere primum propositiones;
tecmeria enim et ykota et signa propositiones sunt rethorice;
totaliter quidem enim sillogismus ex propositionibus est, enthymema autem sillogismus est constans ex dictis propositionibus.
Quoniam autem neque acta esse neque agenda possibile est impossibilia, sed possibilia, neque que non fiebant aut futura erant non possibile est hcc quidem acta esse in preterito, hec autem agi in futuro, necessarium et deliberanti et clisceptanti et exclamativo habere propositiones de possibili et impossibili, et si factum fuit aut non, et si erit aut non.
It is evident from what has been said that it is these three subjects, more than any others, about which the orator must be able to have propositions at his command.
Now the propositions of Rhetoric are Complete Proofs, Probabilities, and Signs.
Every kind of syllogism is composed of propositions, and the enthymeme is a particular kind of syllogism composed of the aforesaid propositions.
Since only possible actions, and not impossible ones, can ever have been done in the past or the present, and since things which have not occurred, or will not occur, also cannot have been done or be going to be done, it is necessary for the political, the forensic, and the ceremonial speaker alike to be able to have at their command propositions about the possible and the impossible, and about whether a thing has or has not occurred, will or will not occur.