ad rem
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This is a trick which ought to be one of the first; it is, at bottom, an expedient by which an argumentum ad hominem is put forward as an argumentum ad rem.
From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)
Meminerimus cultum ejus magis ad morem quam ad rem pertinere.”—St.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
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)
Sed ego adulescentulus initio sicuti plerique studio ad rem publicam latus sum, ibique mihi multa advorsa fuere.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert