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CONFLUENCE OF OPPOSITES
4E
logician also does this, but in an unnatural, round about way. He will first of all construct a proposition in the from of a formula,
Here
Hence, we have
S. is P.
S. smoke.
P.=fire.
Smoke is fire.
This is the first of the premises of a modern syllogism. The second is
This is smoke.
Our logician will now try to ascertain whether his middle (or common) term be distributed or not. But there is so much room here for error and bewilderment through technicalities and forms that he deserves to be congratulated if he can actually settle the point. We now have
(1)
All S. is P.
(2)
This is S.
as our permises, which, put in popular language, should read:
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(1) In all cases smoke arises from fire, (2) This is a case of smoke.
And now we are entitled to draw the conclusion,
This smoke also arises from fire.
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