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Reasoning (typically with oneself) by asking questions. Sometimes equivalent
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specifically, ratiocinatio can mean making statements, then asking the
reason (ratio) for such an affirmation, then answering oneself.
In this latter sense ratiocinatio is closely related to aetiologia.
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Old age is
superior to youth. Why? The body has been tamed and the mind ripened with
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- erotema
General term for the rhetorical question.
- aetiologia
Providing reasons for statements made, but not necessarily in question
form.
- anthypophora
Reasoning with oneself aloud, often in question and answer form.
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Ad Herennium 4.16.23-24
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