Prior Analytics

Prior Analytics is the third of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). In Prior Analytics Aristotle conducts a formal study of arguments. In logic an argument is a series of true or false statements which lead to a true or false conclusion. Aristotle identifies valid and invalid forms of arguments called syllogisms. A syllogism is an argument consisting of three sentences: two premises and a conclusion. Of the entire Aristotelian corpus, Aristotle gives priority to the study of his treatises on Logic.

Yes, indeed, some people think that because knowledge through demonstration requires knowledge of the primary things there is no knowledge; others think that there is knowledge, and that everything knowable is demonstrable. These other people agree that knowledge results only from demonstration, but

Extremely difficult. I had to diagram the schematic. And these books laid down the laws of logic. It makes me realize how far modern man has fallen in education. The ancients put us to shame. Man, am I dumb.

This is a root of logic -- the place where Aristotle defines, explains and explores premise, term, and syllogism. It is here that he declares "A is A." He discusses the universal vs. the major and minor terms (logic based on absolute vs. subsets). He categorizes syllogisms as assertic, problematic,

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