Its origins were a combination of expediency and of arguments derived from the public service rhetorical tradition.

An example is the attempt by the British philosopher Bernard Williams to vindicate the value of truthfulness using lines of argument derived from genealogy in his book Truth and Truthfulness (2002).

But if idolaters be Atheists, as, I think, may justly be asserted, and Christian Theologians the same, what becomes of the argument, so much celebrated, derived from the universal consent of mankind?

This sort of imagery is amusing to elaborate but the argument derived from it can be dangerously simplistic.

In approaching as difficult a biological problem as the nature and evolution of human intelligence, it seems to me at least prudent to give substantial weight to arguments derived from the evolution of the brain.

Erasmus' reconstruction was based on a wide range of arguments, derived from the philological knowledge available at his time.

A key factor in this growing emphasis on Dogen was Manzan's appeal to change the rules for dharma transmission, based on arguments derived from the Shōbōgenzō.

The neoconservatives introduced into the political debate a supple form of dialectical argument derived from venerable left-wing journals like The New Leader and Partisan Review.

One reason that he ruled out was the argument, derived from earlier cases, that fights in public should be prohibited because they tend to create disorder.

There are many other particulars of the same kind, which may diminish or destroy the force of any argument, derived from human testimony.