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A figure of reasoning in which one asks and then immediately answers one's
own questions (or raises and then settles imaginary objections). Reasoning
aloud. |
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Anthypophora
sometimes takes the form of asking the audience or one's adversary what
can be said on a matter, and thus can involve both anacoenosis
and apostrophe. |
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"But there are only three hundred of us," you object. Three
hundred, yes, but men, but armed, but Spartans, but at Thermoplyae: I
have never seen three hundred so numerous.—Seneca
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Sources: |
Ad Herennium
4.23.33-4.24.34 ("subjectio"); Seneca Sr. Suas. 2.18 ("contradictio");
Melanch. IR C7r ("subiectio"); Peacham (1577) L4v ("hypophora");
Putt. (1589) 214 ("antipophora," "figure of responce"); Day 1599 87 ("anthypophora,"
"subiectio") |
