Two virtues do not automatically yield istitbāʿ. “He is just and brave” may simply coordinate independent attributes. “Through his justice the city is secure,” however, presents security as a further benefit dependent upon justice.
Ask whether the second compliment follows from the first by an intelligible rhetorical relation, rather than appearing only because of conjunction.
The entailment operates in the speaker's intended context; it need not be framed as an exceptionless formal proof.
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Tafrīʿ, Praise or Blame by Apparent Exception, Ist itbāʿ and Idmāj
Two virtues do not automatically yield istitbāʿ. “He is just and brave” may simply coordinate independent attributes. “Through his justice the city is secure,” however, presents security as a further benefit dependent upon justice.
Ask whether the second compliment follows from the first by an intelligible rhetorical relation, rather than appearing only because of conjunction.
The entailment operates in the speaker's intended context; it need not be framed as an exceptionless formal proof.