the present chapter, potentially the most exciting because it concerns the theory of probability most directly, is in fact something of a disappointment. It is for this reason that the material on rhetoric is placed after that on the law of evidence, although much of it is older. Very little of the rhetorical tradition fed into law, even though ancient rhetoric was especially designed for use in legal contexts. While it might seem natural to have discussed Greek rhetoric before Roman law, the truth is that the rhetorical and juristic attitudes to evidence are so different that the traditions
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