nt=' to (i.e. gives the same information
as) the _two_ Propositions
(1) "_Some_ Members of the Subject are Members of the
Predicate";
(2) "_No_ Members of the Subject are Members of the
Class whose Differentia is _contradictory_ to that of
the Predicate".
[Thus, the Proposition "_All_ bankers are rich men" is a
_Double_ Proposition, and is equivalent to the _two_
Propositions
(1) "_Some_ bankers are rich men";
(2) "_No_ bankers are _poor_ men".]
pg019
Sec. 4.
_What is implied, in a Proposition of Relation, as to the Reality of its
Terms?_
Note that the rules, here laid down, are _arbitrary_, and only apply to
Part I of my "Symbolic Logic."
A Proposition of Relation, beginning with "Some", is henceforward to be
understood as asserting that there are _some existing Things_, which,
being Members of the Subject, are also Members of the Predicate; i.e.
that _some existing Things_ are Members of _both_ Terms at once. Hence
it is to be understood as implying that _each_ Term, taken by itself, is
_Real_.
[Thus, the Proposition "Some rich men are invalids" is to be
understood as asserting that _some existing Things_ are "rich
invalids". Hence it implies that _each_ of the two Classes,
"rich men" and "invalids", taken by itself, is _Real_.]
A Proposition of Relation, beginning with "No", is henceforward to be
understood as asserting that there are _no existing Things_ which, being
Members of the Subject, are also Members of the Predicate; i.e. that _no
existing Things_ are Members of _both_ Terms at once. But this implies
nothing as to the _Reality_ of either Term taken by itself.
[Thus, the Proposition "No mermaids are milliners" is to be
understood as asserting that _no existing Things_ are
"mermaid-milliners". But this implies nothing as to the
_Reality_, or the _Unreality_, of either of the two Classes,
"mermaids" and "milliners", taken by itself. In this case as it
happens, the Subject is _Imaginary_, and the Predicate _Real_.]
A Proposition of Relation, beginning with "All", contains (see Sec. 3) a
similar Proposition beginning with "Some". Hence it is to be understood
as implying that _each_ Term, taken by itself, is _Real_.
[Thus, the Proposition "All hyaenas are savage animals" contains
the Proposition "Some hyaenas are savage
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