Two Books of the Elements of Rhetoric

and drive the minds of men, and to lead them to some affection. For instance, when we dispute about the nature of virtue, Dialectic must be consulted, which shows what virtue is and what causes, parts, and effects it has. But when we exhort men to cultivate virtue, the Rhetorical topics must be followed. When we speak about the nature of repentance, and when we teach men what repentance is and what parts it has, the precepts of Dialectic must be followed. But the exhortation to repentance employs Rhetorical topics.

Rhetoric
In the fifth book of histories
Conclusion

But because Rhetoricians could not lack the method of teaching, especially in forensic matters, they also mixed Dialectic into their work. For the status of definition Latin: status finitiuus; a specific stage of legal analysis, which they recount in judicial matters, they borrow from Dialecticians. This status is the method of forming a system Latin: Methodus, which Aristotle hands down in the Analytics. They summon from Dialectic both the form of syllogisms and many other precepts. Thus, with Dialectic mixed into Rhetoric, it cannot be entirely severed from it, even when only forensic and suasory materials and praises are assigned to Rhetoric.

ON THE THREE KINDS OF CAUSES.

In the topics of Invention, the kinds of causes are distributed first. This is done with this intent: in such a variety