The Compendium of Caraka 3.8.57_1

3.8.57_1

tatra prakaraṇasamo nāmāheturyathā---anyaḥ śarīrādātmā nitya iti; paro brūyāt---yasmādanyaḥ śarīrādātmā, tasmānnityaḥ; śarīraṃ hyanityamato vidharmiṇā *cātmanā bhavitavyamityeṣa cāhetuḥ; nahi ya eva pakṣaḥ sa eva heturiti/

Among them, the non-reason named 'equal to the question' is, for instance: 'The self is eternal because it is distinct from the body.' The opponent might say: 'Since the self is distinct from the body, therefore it is eternal; for the body is non-eternal, so the self must possess the opposite property.' And this is a non-reason; for the thesis itself is not the reason.