Jewish%20thought for Bava Metzia 188:21
אלא כר' נתן דתניא ר' נתן אומר או לרבות שבויה
they said, It follows <i>a fortiori</i>: if he must pay for theft, which is near to accident, then surely he is liable for loss, which is more akin to negligence. And the other?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He who maintains that we do not say that the Torah employs human phraseology, and interprets emphatic forms to include loss; but surely this follows from an a fortiori reasoning! ');"><sup>20</sup></span>
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