Syllogism Quote by Eugène Ionesco

All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat.

— Eugene Ionesco

“But as soon as a man, through lack of character, takes refuge in doctrine, as soon as crime reasons about itself, it multiplies like…

— Albert Camus

The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of…

— Francis Bacon

“In a practical syllogism, the major premise is an opinion, while the minor premise deals with particular things, which are the province of perception.…

— Aristotle

“I shall sit down,' replied the cat, sitting down, 'but I shall enter an objection with regard to your last. My speeches in no…

— Mikhail Bulgakov

In the States, I think, the syllogism goes like this: 'free markets solve all problems. Free markets aren't solving global warming, QED global warming…

— Bill McKibben

“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

“The Greeks think they justly honor players, because they worship the gods who demand plays; the Romans, on the other hand, do not suffer…

— Augustine of Hippo

We ought to be able to persuade on opposite sides of a question; as also we ought in the case of arguing by syllogism:…

— Aristotle

It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When we say,…

— John Stuart Mill

The syllogism art for art's sake refers to that kind of painting which disregards, or is contrary to, public taste.

— Walter J. Phillips

Bacon not only despised the syllogism, but undervalued mathematics, presumably as insufficiently experimental. He was virulently hostile to Aristotle , but he thought very…

— Bertrand Russell