“Syllogism ― Major premise: I can control my thoughts. Minor premise: My feelings come from my thoughts. Conclusion: I can control my feelings.” — Wayne W. Dyer Copy Share Image
God, or what have you, will not be found at the far end of a syllogism, no matter how brilliantly phrased or… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
What eludes logic is the most precious element in us, and one can draw nothing from a syllogism that the mind has… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The syllogism art for art's sake refers to that kind of painting which disregards, or is contrary to, public taste. — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
“Another syllogism. All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat.” — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
“Reality wasn’t a syllogism like “Socrates is a man—all men are mortal—hence Socrates is mortal,” but more like “Helga is a human… — Harry Mulisch Copy Share Image
It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Consider the famous syllogism “All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore Socrates is mortal.” So far, so good. But just… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
“And because this is now a political problem, the usual political syllogism applies: (a) is a problem: Something Must Be Done, (b)… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
The example of a syllogism that he had studied in Kiesewetter's logic: Caius is a man, men are mortal, therefore Caius is… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
In the States, I think, the syllogism goes like this: 'free markets solve all problems. Free markets aren't solving global warming, QED… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
“The Greeks think they justly honor players, because they worship the gods who demand plays; the Romans, on the other hand, do… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
Bacon not only despised the syllogism, but undervalued mathematics, presumably as insufficiently experimental. He was virulently hostile to Aristotle , but he… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“But as soon as a man, through lack of character, takes refuge in doctrine, as soon as crime reasons about itself, it… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“In a practical syllogism, the major premise is an opinion, while the minor premise deals with particular things, which are the province… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
For every crime that comes before him, a judge is required to complete a perfect syllogism in which the major premise must… — Cesare Beccaria Copy Share Image
We ought to be able to persuade on opposite sides of a question; as also we ought in the case of arguing… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“I shall sit down,' replied the cat, sitting down, 'but I shall enter an objection with regard to your last. My speeches… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
