...the conclusion is necessarily involved in flue of the premises. This will appear from the following syllogism. All men are mortal Socrates is a man Therefore Socrates is mortal. This is a syllogism correct in mood and figure and in fact one with which all works ou Logic are illustrated....

...every syllogism, the major premiss Apparently assumes the thing which is required to be proved. Thus in the syllogism — All men are mortal Socrates is a man Therefore Socrates is mortal, we see that the major premiss assumes the conclusion, since it is a universal proposition which includes...

...first-mentioned attribute ; and the conclusion is, that they have (or that they have not) the second. Thus, All men are mortal ; Socrates is a man ; Therefore, Socrates is mortal, the subject and predicate of the major premise are connotative terms, denoting objects and connoting attributes....

...supposed to be the most perfect, the major was by its position most extensive, and the minor least ; thus, in the syllogism " All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal " — mortal, the major term, is more extensive than Socrates, the minor ; for, in mortal, we include...

...The very construction of the syllogism, it is said, involves a pctitio vrincipii. "When I say, All men are mortal ; Socrates is a man ; therefore, Socrates is mortal ; the major premiss, it is said, affirms the very thing to be proved ; that Socrates is mortal is virtually...

...supposed to be the most perfect, the major was by its position most extensive, and the minor least ; thus, in the syllogism " All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal " — mortal, the major term, is more extensive than Socrates, the minor ; for, in mortal,, we include...

...supposed to be the most perfect, the major was by its position most extensive, and the minor least ; thus, in the syllogism " All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal " — mortal, the major term, is more extensive than Socrates, the minor ; for, in mortal, wr include...

...supposed to be the most perfect, the major was by its position most extensive, and the minor least ; thus, in the syllogism " All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal " — mortal, the major term, is more extensive than Socrates, the minor ; for, in mortal, we include...

...performing the essential processes of reasoning. We have been saying in thousands of treatises on logic, All men are mortal : Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal. The elephant reasons : All boys are bun-giving animals ; that biped is a boy : therefore I will hold out...

...performing the essential processes of reasoning. We have been saying in thousands of treatises on logic, All men are mortal : Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal. The elephant reasons : All boys are bun-giving animals ; that biped is a boy : therefore I will hold out...