Commentary for Bava Kamma 233:4

לא מעיקרא סברי להפסד מרובה חששו להפסד מועט לא חששו ולבסוף סברי להפסד מועט נמי חששו

Now, this is so only because it was so laid down subsequently, whereas had it not been so laid down subsequently this would not have been so. Is the reason for this not because liability here is a [matter of mere] fine, [thus proving that] we cannot derive anything from a fine?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For if not so, why was it necessary to state explicit liability to the new case. ');">⁶</span> — No, originally it was thought<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'maintained'. ');">⁷</span>

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