Egypt rises like the Nile; and like the great river, the waters are swollen. Jer 49:7: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Counsel has perished from people of understanding; their wisdom stinks! Surrender. “Surrender” (Gk.: epitropē; Lat.: permissio) is a veiled argument in which one yields a matter to the will of another. This argument was commonly used in court cases. An example from the ad Herennium: Since only soul and body remain to me, now that I am deprived of everything else, even these,
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