An appeal to tradition essentially makes two assumptions that are not necessarily true: The old way of thinking was proven correct when introduced, i.e. since the old way of thinking was prevalent, it was necessarily correct.
Argumentum ad antiquitatem zasniva se na dvije pretpostavke koje nisu nužno istinite: Kad je stari način razmišljanja uveden, dokazano je da je ispravan - odnosno, budući da je stari način razmišljanja prevladao, nužno je istinit.