XLIV.

These reasonings do not cohere: I am richer than you, therefore I am

better than you; I am more eloquent than you, therefore I am better

than you. On the contrary, these rather cohere: I am richer than you,

therefore my possessions are greater than yours; I am more eloquent

than you, therefore my speech is superior to yours. But you are neither

possession nor speech.

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