Is there a pattern to the occurrences of "reply to the argument for the contrary" section in Aquinas's 𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑎 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎?

## The Anomaly The other day when I was [answering a question](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/89764/10672) using Thomas Aquinas's [Summa Theologica](https://www3.nd.edu/~afreddos/summa-translation/TOC.htm) (Notre Dame Prof. Alfred J. Freddoso's translation) I came across a new type of "Reply to Objection" in [II-II q.83 a.14](https://www3.nd.edu/~afreddos/summa-translation/Part%202-2/st2-2-ques83.pdf) called > "**Reply to the argument for the contrary**" The New Advent website version is not consistent. Sometimes, the "On the contrary" is prefixed with another "Objection". For example, in [Article 14](https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3083.htm#article14) , the "On the contrary" is labeled > "**Objection 4. On the contrary**" and the reply is titled > "Reply to Objection 4". But sometimes the New Advent website simply adds another "Reply to Objection" with no corresponding "Objection", since the "On the contrary" *itself* is the objection. For example in [I-II q.26 a.3](https://www.newadvent.org/summa/2026.htm#article3) ([Notre Dame version here](https://www3.nd.edu/~afreddos/summa-translation/Part%201-2/st1-2-ques26.pdf)) , we have > On the contrary and > Reply to Objection 4 I found other examples in - **I-II q.11 a.2** (Whether to enjoy belongs to the rational creature alone, or also to irrational animals?): [ND website](https://www3.nd.edu/~afreddos/summa-translation/Part%201-2/st1-2-ques11.pdf) vs. [New Advent](https://www.newadvent.org/summa/2011.htm#article2) - **II-II q.136 a.5** (Is patience the same as longanimity): [ND website](https://www3.nd.edu/~afreddos/summa-translation/Part%202-2/st2-2-ques136.pdf) vs. [New Advent](https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3136.htm#article5) Using Google search on the query "Reply to the argument for the contrary" site:www.nd.edu yields [9 results](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Reply+to+the+argument+for+the+contrary%22+site%3Awww.nd.edu) , but there are maybe more since this search is dependent on how uniform the labeling of the section is in Prof. Alfred J. Freddoso's translation (hosted in the ND website). ## The Question What is the meaning of this rare occurrence? Can we infer that St. Thomas does not have a definitive answer for the question? Or does it point to something else?