SORITES  演續法

CLIMAX where the members are conditional clauses: if x then y; if y then z; ... ...

An ANADIPLOSIS-MULTIPLE or CLIMAX consisting of a series of conditionals in which the apodosis of the preceding conditional regularly is repeated as the protasis of the succeeding conditional.

Hypernym
  • CLIMAXCRESCENDO of the form /...x/ x...y/ y...z/ where x,y and z are on a rising scale of stylistic weight. 連續末、端同字增益法 /...x/ x...y/ y...z/ where x,y and z are on a rising scale of stylistic weight. Compare SORITES.
    • CRESCENDORHETORICAL STYLE in which the constituents of a clause, sentence, or paragraph have progressively increasing weight so that the last member in particular is the intended as the most important.
      • RHETORICAL STYLE體裁詞格　RHETORICAL DEVICE which is mainly concerned with matters of style of presentation rather than distribution of expressions or semantic structure.
Hyponym
This should probably be rebaptised as ANADIPLOSIS-MULTIPLE-SORITES to show its place in the system. But the term SORITES is perhaps too current and commonly used for this to be advisable.

    Rhetorical device locations: 20
    • 郭店語叢 知己而後知人，
    • 韓非子 徭役少則民安， 民安則下無重權 下無重權 則權勢滅 權勢滅則德在上矣
    • 韓非子 用之思之， 則不固 不固 則無功 無功 則生於德
    • 韓非子 為之欲之， 則德無舍 德無舍 則不全 用之思之 則不固 不固 則無功 無功 則生於德
    • 韓非子 “失道而後失德， 失德而後失仁 失仁而後失義 失義而後失禮
    • 韓非子 人有禍， 則心畏恐 心畏恐 則行端直 行端直 則思慮熟 思慮熟 則得事理
    • 韓非子 苟極盡， 則費神多 費神多 則盲聾悖狂之禍至
    • 韓非子 積德而後神靜， 神靜而後和多 和多而後計得 計得而後能御萬物 能御萬物 則戰易勝敵 戰易勝敵 而論必蓋世

      The division of the two distinct parts of this sorites is by crescendo at the end of the first part.

    • 韓非子 凡法令更 則利害易 利害易 則民務變
    • 韓非子 聖人在上， 則民少欲 民少欲 則血氣治而舉動理 舉動理則少禍害
    • 韓非子 人有欲， 則計會亂 計會亂 而有欲甚 有欲甚 則邪心勝 邪心勝 則事經絕 事經絕 則禍難生
    • 韓非子 故欲利者甚於（則）憂，
    • 韓非子 人君重戰其卒 則民眾 民眾 則國廣
    • 韓非子 有形，
    • 韓非子 有小大， 則有方圓 有方圓 則有堅脆 有堅脆 則有輕重 有輕重 則有白黑
    • 韓非子 獄訟繁，
    • 韓非子 今大姦作則俗之民唱， 俗之民唱則小盜必和
    • 韓非子 知下明， 則禁於微 禁於微 則姦無積 姦無積 則無比周 無比周 則公私分

      This goes on into the next record.

    • 韓非子 公私分， 則朋黨散 朋黨散 則無外障距內比周之患 知下明 則見精沐 見精沐 則誅賞明 誅賞明 則國不貧
    • 論語 名不正，