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The tutor and Tim are engaged in a pretentious discussion about people and logic. They talk in Latin and believe themselves to be knowledgeable about the workings of the world. The two men look down on those who are not university educated, which Tim’s mother Maudlin is well aware of. She is keen to separate Tim and his tutor so that she can leave him alone with the woman she wants Tim to marry.
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Enter Tim and Tutor.
TIM Negatur argumentum, tutor.
TUTOR Probo tibi, pupil, stultus non est animal rationale.
TIM Falleris sane.
TUTOR Quaeso ut taceas; probo tibi.
TIM Quomodo probas, domine?
TUTOR Stultus non habet rationem, ergo non est animal rationale.
TIM Sic argumentaris, domine: stultus non habet rationem, ergo non est animal
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