The Philosophy of RhetoricT.B. Wait, 1811 - 517 pages |
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Page 88
... syllogistic art , with its figures and moods , serves more to display the ingenuity of the inventor , and to exercise ... syllogism from the various kinds of sophism , are at once cumbersome to the memory , and unnecessary in practice ...
... syllogistic art , with its figures and moods , serves more to display the ingenuity of the inventor , and to exercise ... syllogism from the various kinds of sophism , are at once cumbersome to the memory , and unnecessary in practice ...
Page 89
... syllogism be regular in mood and figure , and if the premises be true , the conclusion is infalli ble . The whole foundation of the syllogistic art lies in these two axioms : Things which coincide with the same thing , coincide ' with ...
... syllogism be regular in mood and figure , and if the premises be true , the conclusion is infalli ble . The whole foundation of the syllogistic art lies in these two axioms : Things which coincide with the same thing , coincide ' with ...
Page 90
George Campbell. the term probable may be admitted into a syllogism , and make an essential part of the conclusion ... syllogistic form , having made the trial with success on some propositions . But that this form is a very incommodious ...
George Campbell. the term probable may be admitted into a syllogism , and make an essential part of the conclusion ... syllogistic form , having made the trial with success on some propositions . But that this form is a very incommodious ...
Page 91
... syllogistic science is , as was remarked , the natural method reversed , being from general to special , and consequently from less to more obvious . In scientific reasoning the case is very different , as the axioms or universal truths ...
... syllogistic science is , as was remarked , the natural method reversed , being from general to special , and consequently from less to more obvious . In scientific reasoning the case is very different , as the axioms or universal truths ...
Page 93
George Campbell. It may be proper to subjoin one example at least in negative syllogisms . The subsequent is one in ... syllogism , which is not chargeable with this . The truth of what I now affirm , will appear to any one , on the ...
George Campbell. It may be proper to subjoin one example at least in negative syllogisms . The subsequent is one in ... syllogism , which is not chargeable with this . The truth of what I now affirm , will appear to any one , on the ...
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