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I agree, this document is really only useful for historical development. However, it is useful for tracking down some history. I've been trying to track down
by dwheeler 7y ago
I agree, this document is really only useful for historical development.
However, it is useful for tracking down some history. I've been trying to track down this expression: "All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore Socrates is mortal". It's often quoted, but no one gave me a source. Using this old book I managed to track it back to at least A System of logic... by John Stuart Mill, 1843, Book II Chapter 3 page 245. https://archive.org/details/systemoflogicrat01millrich/page/244 https://archive.org/details/systemoflogicrat01millrich/page/...
The quote may be even older, but that was still a help.
If anyone knows an older source, I'd love to know. But that at least helped.
Anyway: while this document is only useful for its historical connection, as a way to investigate the history of logic it's interesting.
- tunesmith 7y agoWhat a great snippet of info to know, thanks for posting this. I often use that syllogism as an example for some visual logic software I'm writing.