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I might write would seem as nihil ad rem, as if I were writing of an island in the Pacific.

From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus

Sometimes an argument establishing a wholly irrelevant conclusion is substituted for an argumentum ad rem.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

In writing, he thinks of nothing but his idea and the person whom he addresses: ad rem et ad hominem.

From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

Fresnoy says, in his poem on the "Art of Painting," "Nec quod inane, nihil facit ad rem sive videtur Improprium minim�que urgens potiora tenebit Ornamenta operis."

From Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. by Burnet, John

But why have not those, who in later times have established the distinction between jus in re and jus ad rem, applied it to the principle of property itself?

From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)