Commentary for Bava Kamma 128:5

שדי שור בין המצא לתמצא לאתויי מאי אי לאתויי ב"ח מחיים נפקא אלא לאתויי דבר שאין בעלי חיים ודרוש הכי מה הפרט מפורש דבר המטלטל וגופו ממון אף כל דבר המטלטל וגופו ממון

Now, since this very generalisation consists in the term 'alive', of what service then is the argument based upon the generalisation followed by a specification which is in its turn followed by another generalisation? It can hardly be to add any [inanimate] object, since the word 'alive' is used there, implying only objects possessing life, but not any other object whatsoever. It was therefore because of this that it was necessary to state 'if to be found it be found.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [To apply here the principle of generalisation, specification and generalisation.] ');">⁵</span>

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