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... denotative , suggest the corresponding common terms , ' yellow things ' and ' red things , ' and thus , through the medium of the common terms , become denotative . men are animals , ' or ' Some Englishmen are D 2 DISTRIBUTION OF TERMS 35.
... denotative , suggest the corresponding common terms , ' yellow things ' and ' red things , ' and thus , through the medium of the common terms , become denotative . men are animals , ' or ' Some Englishmen are D 2 DISTRIBUTION OF TERMS 35.
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... animals , nor in the group ' Englishmen ' all poets . It may of course happen that the predicate in an A or I proposition is co - exten- sive with the subject , as in the propositions ' All men are rational animals , ' ' Some men are ...
... animals , nor in the group ' Englishmen ' all poets . It may of course happen that the predicate in an A or I proposition is co - exten- sive with the subject , as in the propositions ' All men are rational animals , ' ' Some men are ...
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... animals , ' or ' All men are rational animals , ' but we cannot say ' All animals are men . ' Now , if the predicate be ( 1 ) equivalent in extent to the subject , it is either ( a ) a Synonym , as ' A wold is a down ' ; or ( 8 ) a ...
... animals , ' or ' All men are rational animals , ' but we cannot say ' All animals are men . ' Now , if the predicate be ( 1 ) equivalent in extent to the subject , it is either ( a ) a Synonym , as ' A wold is a down ' ; or ( 8 ) a ...
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... animals , ' ' All triangles are figures . ' Here the subject denotes a smaller group of individuals included under the wider group designated by the predicate ; that is , according to the nomenclature already explained , the predicate ...
... animals , ' ' All triangles are figures . ' Here the subject denotes a smaller group of individuals included under the wider group designated by the predicate ; that is , according to the nomenclature already explained , the predicate ...
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... animals , ' ' Some poets are men , ' but this form of proposition is practically useless , as it stops at a particular assertion when an universal assertion is legitimate . If the predi- cate be ( 2 ) an attributive , it must , unless ...
... animals , ' ' Some poets are men , ' but this form of proposition is practically useless , as it stops at a particular assertion when an universal assertion is legitimate . If the predi- cate be ( 2 ) an attributive , it must , unless ...
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