 | Charles Wesley - Logic - 1832 - 164 pages
...Enthymeme. f From aiapo£, a pile ; because the propositions are piled, as it were, one on another. subject of the next, and so on, to any length, till...predicated, in the conclusion, of the subject of the first. A is B; Religion improves the morals; B is C; What improves the morals is beneficial to the community;... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pages
...miles long. SORITES, in logic ; a string of syllogisms in an abridged form, in which the predicate of the first proposition is made the subject of the...predicate of the last of the premises is predicated of the subject of the first. A sorites (from capot, a heap) has as many middle terms as there are intermediate... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 624 pages
...SORITES, in logic : a string of syllogisms in an abridged form, in which the predi cate of the fn-st proposition is made the subject of the next, and so...predicate of the last of the premises is predicated of the subject of the first. A sorites (from rup«s, a heap) has as many middle terms as there are... | |
 | Richard Whately - Logic - 1843 - 372 pages
...Conclusion of all, you may sometimes state these briefly, in a form called Sorites; in which the predicate of the first proposition is made the subject of the...Predicate of the last of the Premises is predicated (m the Conclusion) of the Subject of the first: eg A is B, B is C, C is D, D is E; therefore A is E.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Economics - 1845 - 342 pages
...conclusion of all, we may sometimes state these briefly in a form called Sorites, in which the predicate of the first proposition is made the subject of the...predicated in the conclusion of the subject of the first ; as, " The Indians are a brave people ; brave people are free ; free people are happy ; therefore... | |
 | Richard Whately (abp. of Dublin.) - Logic - 1848 - 490 pages
...of all, you may sometimes state these briefly, in the form called Sorites ; in which the Predicate of the first proposition is made the Subject of the...the Conclusion) of the Subject of the first : eg A (either every A, or some A) is B, every B is C, every C is D, every D is E ; therefore A is E ; or... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 624 pages
...long. tior'ORITES' 'n '°5 'c ' a st"ng °f syllogisms &. <m abridged form, in which the predicate of the first proposition is made the subject of the...predicate of the last of the premises is predicated of the subject of the first. A sorites (from wpot. a heap) has as many middle terms as there are intermediate... | |
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Predicate smite of the first proposition is made the Subject of the next ; and so on, to any length, till finally the Predicate of the last of the Premises is predicated (in the Conclusion) of the Subject of the first : eg A. 
