Ratiocinatio

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Ratiocinatio is a rhetorical device. It is reasoning with oneself by making a statement, then questioning that statement, then answering that question. It is related to, and sometimes equivalent to, anthypophora.^[1]

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Old age is superior to youth. Why? The body has been tamed and the mind ripened with wisdom.^[2]
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