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Aristotle
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Principles Of Argument:
To show the relation of terms in a syllogism it is not enough to know
what your terms are. They have to have something in common one with the other
which will serve as the basis of your picking those particular terms in the
first place. You cannot reason without some common ground of argument.
Earlier, we showed that Aristotle held there were three kinds of syllogism:
The scientific syllogism, the syllogism based on opinion and conversation,
and the syllogism which is not a syllogism. In general, the kind of syllogism
or argument you have depends on the principles you choose as the basis of
your argument.
The Scientific Syllogism: Its ...