...The four figures are only so many names for so many places for the middle term. 1. In the first. — The middle term is subject in the major, and predicate in the minor premiss. 2. In the second. — Predicate in both. 3. In the third. — Subject in both. 4. In the fourth. —...

...termini, it is only in major propositions that we find major terms ; and vice versa. Hence it is only where the middle term is subject in the major and predicate in the minor, that it is really and rationally, at one and the same time, a contained and containing term. (60.)...

...termini, it is only in major propositions that we find major terms ; and vice versa. Hence it is only where the middle term is subject in the major and predicate in the minor, that it is really and rationally, at one and the same time, a contained and containing term. (60.)...

...major premiss (top proposition) of syllogism (i), but predicate of major premiss of syllogism (ii). 4 Here, then, is another point in which these triplets...AAA in all the four figures : — A. All B is A A. AllOuhB [Fig. I. A. .'.AllCia A A. All A is B | A. All C is IB [ Fig. II. A. .'. All C is A A. All...

...propositions, so they differ in figure according to the position of the middle term in those propositions. 1 There can only be four figures. Where the middle term...in all the four figures : — A. All B is A A. All Bis A ) A. AllCis-B [Fig. I. A. .'. All C is A) A. All A is B \ A. All C is b [ Fig. II. A. .'. All...