Elements of LogicE. H. Butler & Company, 1858 - 263 pages |
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abridged arguments ambiguity animals antecedent applied Aristotle assert axioms Cæsar called categorical propositions Celarent Christianity clusion common terms compound propositions conclusion conditional syllogisms consequent consider consists Convert the minor copula Darapti Darii definition denial deny dictum of Aristotle differentia dilemma disjunctive distributed divided division enthymeme error establish evident example expressed Fakoro Fallacy of Division false Ferio formal fallacies friends to religion genus gism horses illicit process illustration imperfect mood Individual Trees induction investigation irrelevant conclusion kinds language logical form logicians major premiss major term material fallacies meaning men are mortal middle term mind minor term mortal nature object observed paronyms particular affirmative Philosophy predicate prefix prem premiss simply propo quadrupeds quantity reason reduced rules simple propositions sion sition sorites species subject-matter summum genus syllogistic form symbols things tion truth undistributed universal affirmative universal negative universal proposition words write
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Page 187 - Mr. President, — When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course. Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least be able to conjecture where we now are.
Page 219 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace...
Page 197 - GOD bless the King — I mean the faith's defender! God bless (no harm in blessing!) the Pretender! But who pretender is, or who is King — God bless us all! — that's quite another thing.
Page 117 - ... figure ; (which is far the most natural and clear of all, as to this alone Aristotle's dictum may be at once applied.) In the second figure the middle term is the predicate of both premises : in the third, the subject of both : in the fourth, the predicate of the major premiss, and the subject of the minor.
Page 152 - The mind has no composition of parts. That which has no composition of parts is indissoluble. 3d. The mind has no composition of parts. The mind is indissoluble. That which is indissoluble is immortal. 4th. The mind is indissoluble. The mind is immortal.
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Page 199 - ... confusedly, when she thanked God that he had placed the Sabbath at the beginning of the week instead of the middle of it, as thereby everything was kept in order. 95. Fallacy of Division and Composition, in which a term is used in one judgment collectively, and in another distributively. In Division, a term is used collectively in the major premiss and distributively in the minor, and in Composition, the reverse. The liability to fall into this fallacy is much furthered by the ambiguity of the...
Page 156 - All true patriots are friends to religion ; Some great statesmen are not friends to religion : Some great statesmen are not true patriots.