Chapter 65

A premise is either a sentence denying something of something—which is a negation, as, for example, ‘Socrates does not laugh; or it is a sentence affirming something of something—which is affirmation, as ‘Socrates does laugh. A term is that into which the premise is resolved. A syllogism is a discourse in which, when two things have been laid down, or acknowledged as true, a third necessarily follows from the things laid down, and follows because of them. Thus, because of the premises laid down, the conclusion is made without any need of external support. A question is an examination